You have to use apache rewrite for this. You don't change the name of the file to rss and serve. Here is an example of a very simple example of this. This is from a simple php site that has to serve dynamic MP3s to an iTunes published podcast. One of the specs of the itunes podcast is that the URL must have a MP3 or M4A extension. Maybe other audio files also, but something like this is not valid:
http://podcastsite.com/podcasts/mydynamicapp.php?file=somefile.mp3 It must be http://podcastsite.com/podcasts/mydynamicapp.mp3?anyarg=anyvalue The apache rewrite module must be loaded, and then in an .htaccess file, or in the vhost config for that site, you must have something like this: <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on #Section Rules RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*) RewriteRule ^podcasts/mydynamicapp.mp3$ /podcasts/mydynamicapp.php?%1 [L] </IfModule> Apache rewrite can be a bit daunting at first, but once you get the hang of it, you can do some pretty cool things, like creating SEO urls, easy redirects, etc. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html There are some decent guides and tutorials out there for this, google is your friend. http://www.addedbytes.com/for-beginners/url-rewriting-for-beginners/ -- Robert Garcia President - BigHead Technology VP Application Development - eventpix.com 15520 Coutelenc Rd Magalia, Ca 95954 ph: 530.645.4040 x222 fax: 530.645.4040 [email protected] - [email protected] http://bighead.net/ - http://eventpix.com/ On Mar 10, 2011, at 10:43 PM, Wayne Irvine wrote: > The old version of the PICA website servers RSS streams. The extension on the > TAF files are changed .rss and the files are mapped so they open in the > Witango 5.5 Development Studio > > I achieved this with WebStar by mapping the suffix .rss to the MIME type > application/xml and the action Witango Server. > > You can try one here: > > http://www.photoimaging.com.au/RSS/ > > Any one know how to do this in Mac OSX Server/Apache 2? Please note that > there is no 'mime.types' file in the apache2 folder. > > Wayne Irvine > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body.
