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How to not cache XML or RSS feeds

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Query strings. Its all about query strings.

It is a kinda hacky way of going about this - but basically the concept is you add a variable to your URL (the query string) that is different every time it is loaded (e.g., a math random function).

In my example, I am using SimplePie, a PHP RSS agregator class, to pull in my flickr photos.

$flickr->set_feed_url(array('http://api.flickr.com
/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=83039253@N00=
en-us&format=rss?'.rand(0,99)));

At the end of the URL you will notice ?'.rand(0,99). The ? is the beginning of the query string, and the “.” is concatenating a random number between 0 and 99 onto the end of the URL.

Hope this helps someone.

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New Design

April 16th, 2008 · No Comments

So this is like the billionth design this site has been through. I plan on being more active on my blog - share my findings/whatever with the world.

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Suckerfish IE z-index problem fixed

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Place a div around the main ul, and give it a z-index of 999.This took me quite a while to figure out, so maybe this could quickly help someone out.

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