JoshR
2007-04-27, 06:47 PM
Has anyone else been having issues with their RSS aggregator duplicating the OOTS feed? I'm using Vienna (v. 2.1.2.2110) under OS X (v. 10.4.9), and every few days, there are a few hundred "unread" items in the OOTS feed even though I've already read them.
I ran the feed through a validator, and maybe those more RSS-savvy could tell if this is the problem:
http://feedvalidator.org/check?url=http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.rss
line 24, column 0: item should contain a guid element (445 occurrences)
Message
item should contain a guid element
Explanation
It's recommended that you provide the guid, and if possible make it a permalink. This enables aggregators to not repeat items, even if there have been editing changes.
A frequently asked question about <guid>s is how do they compare to <link>s. Aren't they the same thing? Yes, in some content systems, and no in others. In some systems, <link> is a permalink to a weblog item. However, in other systems, each <item> is a synopsis of a longer article, <link> points to the article, and <guid> is the permalink to the weblog entry.
I ran the feed through a validator, and maybe those more RSS-savvy could tell if this is the problem:
http://feedvalidator.org/check?url=http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.rss
line 24, column 0: item should contain a guid element (445 occurrences)
Message
item should contain a guid element
Explanation
It's recommended that you provide the guid, and if possible make it a permalink. This enables aggregators to not repeat items, even if there have been editing changes.
A frequently asked question about <guid>s is how do they compare to <link>s. Aren't they the same thing? Yes, in some content systems, and no in others. In some systems, <link> is a permalink to a weblog item. However, in other systems, each <item> is a synopsis of a longer article, <link> points to the article, and <guid> is the permalink to the weblog entry.