It seems that iGoogle sorts the feed by pubDate, so the editorial order in the original feed is lost. Incidentally, for me http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml and http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ukfs_news/hi/default.stm show exactly the same order, it's only when added to iGoogle that the order is different (by pubDate).
Mario. On 5/21/07, James Cridland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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/
