That is correct. The server returns a status code, which is good for your browser, or search engine robots, or proxies, and actual web content, which is good for the person reading it.
More common, I suspect, is the reverse problem, where the content says "File not found" but the status code is "200 OK" -- leading to lots of useless results in search engines. As for WordPress -- I'm running WP 1.5 and AFAIK my feeds return the proper status codes, and I didn't have to hack them to do it. Maybe it's some plugin people are using? -- Kelson Vibber www.hyperborea.org On Wednesday 05 October 2005 6:59 pm, James Holderness wrote: > I suspect when a browser receives a 404 error it just displays the HTML (or > whatever) that is returned along with the error. Typically a website would > return some kind of error message and that is how you know that something > went wrong. However if the website chose not to return an error message (as > in this case, where you're getting back what looks like a perfectly valid > feed), there's really no way for you to know that anything failed. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wuddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:38 PM > Subject: [syndic8] Re: I don't get this > > > OK, thank you Stuart. So you think the server returns the wrong HTTP > > response code? Never knew that was possible. Strange thing is, that if > > you go to the feed with your browser, all is fine. > > > > --- In [email protected], Stuart Whitmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've run across quite a few of those too. I mark them for repair > > and > >> leave a note indicating that the server is returning an improper > > HTTP > >> response code. I think all that I've seen like this have been > >> WordPress 1.5 but I'm pretty sure that not all WordPress 1.5 feeds > > are > >> affected. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/IRislB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
