del.icio.us linkage
I used to use MagpieRSS to pull my del.icio.us links into the sidebar on this site. It worked very well, but I’ve had problems in the past when the cache directory has become unwriteable because of permissions problems. The feed is then fetched every time someone loads the page, which is obviously very bad news for Joshua’s bandwidth, not to mention contravening the terms and conditions for the del.icio.us service.
It seems that when I transferred all my files to the new server, the permissions on the cache directory got changed so that MagpieRSS was no longer caching the feed. This meant that Joshua had to ban my IP address until the problem was sorted out, as the feed was being fetched a couple of times a second. Urk. I don’t want that to happen again. Since permissions can easily get messed up (and MagpieRSS doesn’t give you any visible indication that caching is failing on the page), I’ve decided to use another method.
RSSDigest allows you to enter an URL for a feed, and automatically build a bit of Javascript which will display that feed on your site. Unlike many similar services, it’s highly configurable so that you can get exactly the look you want. It also lets you set a caching interval (I set mine to 120 minutes), so that the server for the feed isn’t overburdened. Best of all, the caching is no longer my responsibility! It’s a very useful service, and could of course be used to display any kind of RSS feedânot just a del.icio.us feed.
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Hi, I'm the guy behind RSS Digest. Believe it or not, I read your weblog anyway, so I was surprised to see this post
Thanks for the link!
I probably shouldn't be saying this, but one of the disadvantages of RSS Digest over using Magpie RSS locally is that RSS Digest is a little bit slower, due to the service's popularity as of late. I've developed a new version that's some seven times more responsive though, and look forward to letting the higher traffic users use it in the next couple of weeks. I imagine you might end up on that list, as I think you get a decent amount of traffic
Anyway, thanks again, and if there are any problems, just get in touch.-----
Peter Cooper: Hi! It's a really nice service. I haven't noticed it being markedly slower than Magpie RSS, so it's fast enough for me
But any increase in speed is always nice, so I look forward to seeing any developments.
by bsag @ 31/12/2004 11:13 am • Permalink •
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