Archive for March, 2005
This is a continuation of my discussion regarding the CARP solution to RSS aggregation. I’ve concluded that the CARP solution is too limited for handling the character encoding I throw at it. The particular character-encoding problem I encountered was the substitution of a question mark for every apostrophe in the WordPress item title tag and I am not sure whether to blame the WordPress RSS feed or CARP. The reason for this inadequacy (as I see it) is that it does not handle ATOM feeds with their more advanced character encoding abilities. I have experimented with Magpie RSS and found it handles the ATOM feeds gracefully and that character encoding has not been an issue on my ATOM feeds.
The weakness of Magpie is its lack of advanced functions to format the cached feeds. This lack of pre-designed functionality is a strength because Magpie is designed with the PHP programmer in mind, allowing a great deal of control with a little knowledge of PHP. It also seems to load more quickly when the feed has not been cached, but this is based on an observation rather than benchmarks. Overall, I find that for my purposes Magpie is by far the best solution. For those with little or no programming experience, CARP offers a quick way to incorporate your WordPress posts throughout the rest of your web site, but Magpie will help you do it with fewer character encoding issues.
By the way, if you are wondering how to use the Magpie technology built into the latest version of Wordpress, check out Secrets of WP Theming: Part 3 by Chris Davis.
March 7th, 2005
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March 3rd, 2005
This conversation continues with regard to Magpie.
I recently experimented with the CARP (Caching RSS Parser) tool from Gecko Tribe. The combination of flexible news feed aggregation plus caching for improved performance is very useful. Between such tools as a WordPress or other weblog and an aggregation tool like CARP, a small web site can produce results similar to those generated via a server side database.
CARP allows the user to search for words or categories so that a blogger can use his or her content throughout the rest of their site with very little fuss. This technique may be useful for small entrepreneurs with a product and a wealth of knowledge that potential customers will value. By tightly integrating this knowledge with the products on the web site, additional value may be created.
Though I am still largely a spectator to the maturing of WordPress 1.5, I see huge potential in using its fledgling CMS tools to build out an entire site that integrates blog content throughout. I am on the edge of my seat looking for an opportunity to do so. The reason I see even more benefit from this development than from a news aggregator, is that it will avoid some of the problems that the RSS aggregation tools have with special characters such as apostrophes and quotation marks. That said, I am still finding my way around the blogosphere and there is much I have to learn. If there is a way around the special character aberrations that CARP generates, I would be delighted to learn about it.
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March 3rd, 2005
With the help of Harvey A. Ramer at Design Delineations, Florence Weiner of Baby-Everywhere™, Miami FL rolled out a new look to her information rich web site on March 1, 2005. The site now includes a web log that contains information from Weiner’s book, Expert Advice for Keeping Your Baby Safe and offers for sale Baby-Everywhere™ Diaper Bags and Baby Safety Accessories that are bundled with the valuable book. The diaper bags include a fleece blanket, the book, and first aid supplies along with a bottle and Thinsulate compartment that keeps it cold for up to 5 hours.
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March 2nd, 2005
