In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bob Wyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is, however, one problem that bothers me a bit... Atom > requires that an entry has a "rel='alternate'" link. However, when I'm > trying to remove something (such as an erroneous earthquake report), I want > to delete any HTML pages that might have been created for the deleted event. > Once something is deleted, I can see that I need to communicate that fact in > the feed, however, it doesn't seem right that I should have to clutter my > site with all sorts of dead pages... Or, should I just have the retracting > entry point to a standard "Entry Retracted" page that is shared by all > retracted entries? (i.e. http://example.com/no_such_page.html ) If the page once existed (especially if the topic was something as potentially momentous as a natural disaster warning), to me it seems best that attempting to retrieve the page would result in a redirect to the correct information, not a 404. Further thoughts on linkrot here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980614.html Peter
