Comments on: Code to Display RSS Feeds http://www.adscube.com/tools/code-to-display-rss-feeds Tools for Internet marketers to use to build lists, directories, manage Ads and customers. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Andy http://www.adscube.com/tools/code-to-display-rss-feeds#comment-16 Andy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:20:44 +0000 http://www.adscube.com/tools/code-to-display-rss-feeds#comment-16 This was a pretty dumb post I did. The "fetch_rss" is a Magpie function http://magpierss.sourceforge.net and needs to be included with the PHP code: require_once 'rss_fetch.inc'; "Finally, why are you routing all of the clicks through your wp-admin directory?" I think it was some effect of WordPress altering what I entered into the post. I deleted that link. Thanks for pointing out my mistakes! Caching is a good idea, thanks for the tip. This was a pretty dumb post I did.

The “fetch_rss” is a Magpie function http://magpierss.sourceforge.net and needs to be included with the PHP code:

require_once ‘rss_fetch.inc’;

“Finally, why are you routing all of the clicks through your wp-admin directory?” I think it was some effect of WordPress altering what I entered into the post. I deleted that link.

Thanks for pointing out my mistakes!

Caching is a good idea, thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Antone Roundy http://www.adscube.com/tools/code-to-display-rss-feeds#comment-13 Antone Roundy Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:44:39 +0000 http://www.adscube.com/tools/code-to-display-rss-feeds#comment-13 Since "fetch_rss" isn't a built-in PHP function, there must be something missing here -- an "include" or "require" to load some script that provides that function. Is this using Magpie or something? Does the script you're using provide caching of the RSS feed? If not, then your server will be fetching the feed every single time someone loads the page it's displayed on. This will slow down your site, increase your bandwidth usage, and possibly get your server's IP address blocked by the site that publishes the feed. A script like CaRP -- http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/ -- will keep a cached copy of the feed on your server and update it periodically. Finally, why are you routing all of the clicks through your wp-admin directory? Since “fetch_rss” isn’t a built-in PHP function, there must be something missing here — an “include” or “require” to load some script that provides that function. Is this using Magpie or something?

Does the script you’re using provide caching of the RSS feed? If not, then your server will be fetching the feed every single time someone loads the page it’s displayed on. This will slow down your site, increase your bandwidth usage, and possibly get your server’s IP address blocked by the site that publishes the feed. A script like CaRP — http://www.geckotribe.com/rss/carp/ — will keep a cached copy of the feed on your server and update it periodically.

Finally, why are you routing all of the clicks through your wp-admin directory?

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