Re: [syndication] Re: Redirecting RSS

[Tristan Louis <tristan@tnl.net>]

Quoting Bill Kearney <ml_yahoo@ideaspace.net>:

> 
> > I wouldn't disagree with Bill or Dave on this. Do both an in-line and
> > an HTTP level redirect and you've got belt and braces.
> >
> > For a complete stapling your trousers to your hips solution, do what I
> > did: fake the old path and make a symlink to the new file. Then you
> > don't need to change URLs at all. Crude, but effective.
> 
> obClaymation reference:
> Grommit, these pants have gone horribly wrong!
> 
> Trouble with symlinks is most hosted environments won't let you create them. 
> If
> you're on a host that gives you shell AND the apache configuration
> incantations
> are correct you're in luck.  Most folks, however, aren't this lucky.
> 
>
Actually, the funny thing is that I do have full control of my environment (ie
I'm my own host on this) BUT, there is no directory that exists with that name
as the "directory" is actually a php file that then processes a DB... What I'm
thinking of doing is trap the input and just Header redirect it to the right
place. However, I was wondering if that was a better approach than an empty RSS
file with a single item saying something like 
<item>
<title>Links are updated</title>
<link>New Link URL</link>
<description>TNL.net has been cleaning up shop and, as a result, a few links
were rearranged. This is where the RSS .91 link went</description>
</item>

Plus the other cool thing is that the new links do validate on the RSS validator
(woohoo!)

TNL
 
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Tristan Louis
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