TOP 10 RSS Feed updates automatically

tomtom62 · Post by **tomtom62** » Sun May 07, 2006 6:25 pm

Hi Torsten,

I'm using my own Top 10 RSS-Feed in the Feed-Module from Opera 8.5.4. This module checks every 3 hour for new feed-Data.

It seems, that PHPMyFaq updates the Top10 FAQ on every hit of those FAQ Items. This leads to the fact, that this FAQ seems to be updated every time the readers fetches it.

I know, that the feed items might have a higher number of readers then, but the content is not updated, ist still the same. This is a bit confusing for a potential reader, isn't it.. He expects new content..

Thomas

Post by **Thorsten** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:29 pm

Hi,

you're right, the feeds are generated every hit. Do you think that's confusing?

bye
Thorsten

david_de · Post by **david_de** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:58 am

The 5 most recent FAQs would change with new content as would the news but the top 10 would change by traffic. At least that is the way I understand it. They are 3 seperate RSS feeds.

tomtom62 · Post by **tomtom62** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:00 am

Yes, it seems a bit confusing. A user would expect that something has changed in the feed but I don't think that he would expect a change in the number of hits only.

Would it be possible to change that behaviour to : The feed will be generated if the position of the items inside the top 10 has been changed ?

Thomas

Post by **Thorsten** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:05 am

Hi,

tomtom62 wrote:Would it be possible to change that behaviour to : The feed will be generated if the position of the items inside the top 10 has been changed ?

you would need a cronjob to do that because you have to check at certain times if something has changed.

In my opinion the only feeds that are interesting for a subscription are the ones with the latest entries, the news and the open questions. The Top10 isn't as informative as the other ones...

bye
Thorsten