perhaps there are caching issues? I just tried the two links that you sent (from inside the BBC firewall so YMMV): http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/default.stm 1. Blaze ravages historic Cutty Sark <http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6675000/6675381.stm?> Police are investigating a fire which ripped though the historic clipper the Cutty Sark causing extensive damage.
2. Lebanon clashes 'kill civilians' <http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6676000/6676291.stm?> At least eight civilians die as Lebanese troops shell Islamist militants at a refugee camp, officials there say. 3. No 10 defends Hodge housing call <http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6676000/6676471.stm?> Downing Street defends Margaret Hodge's right to call for British residents to get priority in council housing. compared with http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml 1. Blaze ravages historic Cutty Sark Police are investigating a fire which ripped though the historic clipper the Cutty Sark causing extensive damage. 2. Lebanon clashes 'kill civilians' At least eight civilians die as Lebanese troops shell Islamist militants at a refugee camp, officials there say. 3. No 10 defends Hodge housing call Downing Street defends Margaret Hodge's right to call for British residents to get priority in council housing. so it looks good to me... The only time-ordered news feed of which I'm aware is this: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/latest_published_stor ies/rss.xml Brendan. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Cridland Sent: 21 May 2007 13:26 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] A decent editorially-ordered BBC News feed? It's not ordered editorially; it's ordered by time of last update of that story. So, right now: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml - Blaze ravages historic Cutty Sark - Terror charge man freed on bail - High marks for six forms But http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/default.stm - Blaze ravages historic Cutty Sark - Lebanon clashes 'kill civilians' - No 10 defends Hodge housing call ... and these are the top three stories, too, on http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Latest news != most important news. On 5/21/07, Jason Cartwright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml This is ordered editorially. Is the widget messing with it? Am I missing something? J ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Cridland Sent: 21 May 2007 12:47 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: [backstage] A decent editorially-ordered BBC News feed? Since I'm at home tending a cold, I thought I'd do some reconfiguring of my "iGoogle" page (that's what they insist on calling the Google personalised homepage these days - Steve Jobs has a lot to answer for). I thought I might look at the current BBC News gadgets, and write a nicer one (which gives the text as well as just the headline). But - am I alone in finding the BBC News RSS feeds slightly wanting? The three big items on the BBC News (UK) front page right now are: - Blaze ravages Cutty Sark - Fresh clashes in Northern Lebanon - No 10 defends Hodge housing call However, the top three items on the BBC News UK front page RSS feed right now are: - Lebanon clashes 'kill civilians' - Cameron attacks grammar 'fantasy' - Jail term for Khaleda Zia adviser Essentially, that RSS feed is useless as a feed for "the top three stories right now". Is there a way I can get an RSS feed sorted in editorial order, rather than just time-added order? The top three stories exist on http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/ and the top story lives on the Radio 4 website, so it's presumably possible. Indeed, http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/default.stm contains, with the HRs, exactly what I'd like in my Google Gadget. So is this available for mere mortals to use? -- http://james.cridland.net/ -- http://james.cridland.net/
