Changing feeds to reflect edited or deleted posts - best practices?

Discussion in 'XML & RSS' started by geordie007, Feb 2, 2006.

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    hi. really need some advice as google isn't helping.

    i've created a bespoke cms/blogging tool for my own site using php and mysql. i'm currently using a php function to generate an rss 2.0 feed - containing the 12 most recent posts - whenever i add a new post. all seems to be working fine, and the feed validates.

    my question is this: what is the accepted method with dealing with edited or deleted posts? if i edit a post, this will call my function again, but obviously my original post will be sitting in someone's reader. is there a way of flagging this as an updated post or something? and what about a publish date? do i create a new publish date, or should i continue with the original publish date, or is there an rss 2.0 tag like rePubDate or something?

    i just can't seem to find any general advice relating to the fact that you may want to change your feed in some way rather than just adding to it. i can't imagine that it's possible to recall a feed, so surely there is an accepted 'best practice' for when this situation arises. i can't be the only person to add an entry to a blog and then think "oh ####, didn't mean to say it like that!".

    any advice, help or links to some guides on this would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.

    danny
     
    geordie007, Feb 2, 2006 IP
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    is there no one in this xml and rss thread that has created their own rss feed for their site?
     
    geordie007, Feb 3, 2006 IP
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    can anyone tell me any other xml and/or rss forums please?
     
    geordie007, Feb 6, 2006 IP