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July 23, 2004

More on InfoWorld's RSS/Apache optimization

More excellent suggestions from Sam Ruby:


Finer points of serving feeds
  • redirecting using HTTP 301 instead of HTTP 302.orld is currently redirecting from news.rdf to news.xml with a HTTP 302 which is a temporary redirect.URL, resulting in double the number of requests.

    • Done. Not sure why the rdf/xml redirect wasn't R=permanent....

  • supporting either gzip or deflate encoding
  • Adding a encoding declaration in the XML prolog or http cally is an indication that encoding issues haven't been thought through.ikely will have problems with tin Monday. =)

  • Using a content-type of application/xml instead of text/xml.his is related to the encoding/charset discussion above.

    • Done as well. Thanks for the excellent suggestions. I'll run things through the Validator and see what I come up with.

    Posted by Kevin Railsback at July 23, 2004 10:53 PM

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    Wow, it sounds like you guys have quite the RSS readership. I just started re-subscribing to feeds after getting a new machine and reconfiguring my Mozilla client.

    Anyway, I'm curious to see how you continue to address the server load issues. It's been a litle while since I've been in touch with you guys. How is the CMS doing lately, by the way?

    Posted by: Rich Moffitt at July 26, 2004 04:01 PM