Kevin, That's not quite true. Firefox doesn't permanently update the link in the current version (and this currently represents the vast majority of the requests made for our RSS). Joel Chippindale has checked the bug list and it is in there, but we're not sure if that's likely to go into the next version. Will have to wait and see.
In the mean time, we're serving roughly 50% more requests than we should because of the extra 301 responses. Also of interest to some might be the way in which Internet Explorer handles redirects for xml. When we (news.bbc.co.uk) did the switch from rdf to xml, we also change the domain from news.bbc.co.uk to newsrss.bbc.co.uk. This was a big no-no for Internet Explorer, as there is a security hole (details here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-047.mspx), so rather than fix the bug, they just don't allow redirects to files ending ".xml". Ah well, never mind. Ross. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Hinde Sent: 27 June 2005 13:03 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Change of URL's for Language news feeds Hi Ian, have you thought of putting a 301 redirect at the old location for a couple of weeks? We did that when we renamed ours and it works well - most aggregators seem to handle the 301 correctly and permanently update with the new location... Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Forrester > Sent: 27 June 2005 12:34 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: [backstage] Change of URL's for Language news feeds > > Hi All, > > I just wanted to announce the change of URL for Language News feeds. > > The page http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/LanguageNews?v=tz1 > points to *.rdf named files which have changed to *.xml files > now. (This page will be changed soon). > > So if you are using or thinking of using Language feeds in > your prototypes or services remember to change the .rdf to > .xml to receive no disruptions now or in the future. > > Thanks in advanced... > > Ian Forrester | BBC World Service [New Media Software > Engineer] and Cubicgarden.com > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
