Comment Re:RSS is largely useless. (Score 0, Flamebait) 78
PHP had pre-made classes that handle RSS feeds that conform to the RSS standard.
The users need to open their brains and learn. Implementing RSS feeds that conform to the RSS standard are very easy to use.
Use a cron job to pull the feed from the server and store it on your local web server. It lightens the load of the server serving the RSS feed. That and it is just a plain nice thing to do.
Cmdr. Taco would not appreciate it if thousands upon thousands of /. fans each pulled the /. feed every few seconds.
The users need to open their brains and learn. Implementing RSS feeds that conform to the RSS standard are very easy to use.
Use a cron job to pull the feed from the server and store it on your local web server. It lightens the load of the server serving the RSS feed. That and it is just a plain nice thing to do.
Cmdr. Taco would not appreciate it if thousands upon thousands of
