Comments on: Feed2RSS: Minor Cleanups and Fixing My Goofs http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:32:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-578 Alan Levine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-578 More doh! D'Arcy just ichatted me in the middle of a dull meeting (bless wireless)- with a parse error on line 100- it was a missing semi-colon on the end of line 97. Just uploaded a replacement. -- King of typos More doh! D’Arcy just ichatted me in the middle of a dull meeting (bless wireless)- with a parse error on line 100- it was a missing semi-colon on the end of line 97. Just uploaded a replacement.

– King of typos

]]> By: Dan Schellenberg http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-579 Dan Schellenberg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-579 I have the script working properly at: <a href="http://educationaltechnology.ca/test.html">http://educationaltechnology.ca/test.html</a> Check the source out there, though it is essentially the same as described above by Allan. It seems to be working fine, and is validating properly as well (click on the valid XHTML link at the bottom of the page). I have the script working properly at:

http://educationaltechnology.ca/test.html

Check the source out there, though it is essentially the same as described above by Allan.

It seems to be working fine, and is validating properly as well (click on the valid XHTML link at the bottom of the page).

]]> By: Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-580 Alan Levine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-580 Thanks much Dan. The problem was I was testing the embedded JavaScript URLs directly to the browser (where & is replaced by & in the CGI params). When in the source HTML, the & are rendered BACK to & for the links, and thus it works well. I will look into changing the build script to do this substitution, but if XHTML compliance is key, you can do some editing on your JavaScript embeds. Thanks much Dan. The problem was I was testing the embedded JavaScript URLs directly to the browser (where & is replaced by & in the CGI params). When in the source HTML, the & are rendered BACK to & for the links, and thus it works well.

I will look into changing the build script to do this substitution, but if XHTML compliance is key, you can do some editing on your JavaScript embeds.

]]> By: todd http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-581 todd Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-581 It seems to be working for me at <a href="http://idea.matc.tec.oh.us/feeds">http://idea.matc.tec.oh.us/feeds</a> --thanks for your work! I need to look into the cache settings because I've had it up for about a day and I don't see any files in my cache directory. Also, my blog doesn't publish date with dc but uses pubDate; got any hints for fixing that :) ? It seems to be working for me at http://idea.matc.tec.oh.us/feeds –thanks for your work! I need to look into the cache settings because I’ve had it up for about a day and I don’t see any files in my cache directory.

Also, my blog doesn’t publish date with dc but uses pubDate; got any hints for fixing that :) ?

]]> By: Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-582 Alan Levine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-582 Todd, Magpie creates cryptic named cache files, e.g. 896308a033830edc06253e2838ad8644 37f206fd8a53505bc87d38dd63fb9f38 06c6631ffb0ab9639e4a631049b5ad8a but I am not sure how/when it decideds to create a new one. It looks like they each correspond to a different RSS URL. I am not sure how you are trying to view the files, it may be they are hidden becaise of their naming style? I'd have to investigate to see why it would not be writing files. If you are not getting PHP errors than it must be dealing with write permissions okay. As far as the way the date values are accessed, this is the beauty of Magpie- no matter what XML tag is used to define the date (pudDate, dc:date. etc) Magpie finds it and returns it to an array always named dc:date-- it does not mean that your pubDate values are ignored, they are just referenced by a different name later. This way, my script does not have to do all kinds of branching depending on the RSS feed type. I have tested this on RSS 2.0 feeds that use pubdate and it works as advertised. Todd, Magpie creates cryptic named cache files, e.g.

896308a033830edc06253e2838ad8644

37f206fd8a53505bc87d38dd63fb9f38

06c6631ffb0ab9639e4a631049b5ad8a

but I am not sure how/when it decideds to create a new one. It looks like they each correspond to a different RSS URL.

I am not sure how you are trying to view the files, it may be they are hidden becaise of their naming style? I’d have to investigate to see why it would not be writing files. If you are not getting PHP errors than it must be dealing with write permissions okay.

As far as the way the date values are accessed, this is the beauty of Magpie- no matter what XML tag is used to define the date (pudDate, dc:date. etc) Magpie finds it and returns it to an array always named dc:date– it does not mean that your pubDate values are ignored, they are just referenced by a different name later. This way, my script does not have to do all kinds of branching depending on the RSS feed type.

I have tested this on RSS 2.0 feeds that use pubdate and it works as advertised.

]]> By: David Carter-Tod http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-583 David Carter-Tod Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-583 I haven't installed these latest versions yet, but on the first version, I couldn't get the cache to work until I created a directory called "cache" (not "cached") with the right permissions (775 should do it by the way, not 777). Also, although the code seems to support it, I'm not seeing etags coming through. This is a critical bandwidth saver. David I haven’t installed these latest versions yet, but on the first version, I couldn’t get the cache to work until I created a directory called “cache” (not “cached”) with the right permissions (775 should do it by the way, not 777).

Also, although the code seems to support it, I’m not seeing etags coming through. This is a critical bandwidth saver.

David

]]> By: David Carter-Tod http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-584 David Carter-Tod Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-584 Oh, and those long, convoluted strings for file names look like MD5 encodings of the url requested. It's a guaranteed way to get a unique id. David Oh, and those long, convoluted strings for file names look like MD5 encodings of the url requested. It’s a guaranteed way to get a unique id.

David

]]> By: Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-585 Alan Levine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-585 David, I've not run into an issue with Magpie needing a specific name for the cache directory/ It looks like it tries to create on named "cache" if is not defined, but my tests show ti writing to ones name "cached"-- though it would not hut to suggest the default name. As far as permissions (which I am hardly a master of mostly a slave), it may vary depend on how servers are set up and wether the process that runs the server is consider a "group" owner. The code comments read: " * MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR - Where should Magpie cache parsed RSS objects? * This should be a location that the webserver can write to. If this * directory does not already exist Mapie will try to be smart and create * it. This will often fail for permissions reasons." I usuallly go 777 for places my webserver needs to write to. But I cannot say I tested with 775. And I would need to know more of what an "etag" is to comment. I would prefer not to try and do wild parsing on different versions of RSS feeds... David,

I’ve not run into an issue with Magpie needing a specific name for the cache directory/ It looks like it tries to create on named “cache” if is not defined, but my tests show ti writing to ones name “cached”– though it would not hut to suggest the default name.

As far as permissions (which I am hardly a master of mostly a slave), it may vary depend on how servers are set up and wether the process that runs the server is consider a “group” owner. The code comments read:

” * MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR - Where should Magpie cache parsed RSS objects?

* This should be a location that the webserver can write to. If this

* directory does not already exist Mapie will try to be smart and create

* it. This will often fail for permissions reasons.”

I usuallly go 777 for places my webserver needs to write to. But I cannot say I tested with 775.

And I would need to know more of what an “etag” is to comment. I would prefer not to try and do wild parsing on different versions of RSS feeds…

]]> By: Gerry Paille http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-586 Gerry Paille Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-586 I am not getting anything written to the "cached" directory either. I have tried using David's suggestion by renaming the directory to cache and double checking the permissions. I also deleted the "cached" directory all together to see if Magpie would create a new directrory and it did not. I am not getting anything written to the “cached” directory either. I have tried using David’s suggestion by renaming the directory to cache and double checking the permissions. I also deleted the “cached” directory all together to see if Magpie would create a new directrory and it did not.

]]> By: Gerry Paille http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor/#comment-587 Gerry Paille Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/05/26/feed2rss-minor-cleanups-and-fixing-my-goofs/#comment-587 I have the cache working, but I'm not 100% sure what I did that caused the change. I think it is pretty much as Dave described above. I changed the name of the directory from cached to cache and edited the feed2js.php file to reflect the name change. The permissons for the cache directory look like this: drwxrwxrwx 4 admin admin 136 31 May 13:39 cache I have the cache working, but I’m not 100% sure what I did that caused the change. I think it is pretty much as Dave described above. I changed the name of the directory from cached to cache and edited the feed2js.php file to reflect the name change. The permissons for the cache directory look like this:

drwxrwxrwx 4 admin admin 136 31 May 13:39 cache

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