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Duplicate RSS and Twitter Bug Fixes

by J. Max Wilson (01/13/2009 10:09 am)

Some of you may have noticed that the Nothing Wavering RSS feeds had some problems yesterday. For those interested, here is a technical explanation of what happened and what has been fixed. (Those not interested can just skip the rest and know that the problems are fixed.)

Every post in an RSS feed includes a Globally Unique Identifier or GUID that can be used to uniquely identify that post from all others. GUIDs are important because posts titles, post URLs, and post dates often change as people update their posts to correct misspellings, correct ambiguous text, or add updates. Even while all of these other values change, the GUID stays the same, and so when a program like Nothing Wavering or Google Reader reads the feed, it knows to simply update the existing post wit the same GUID instead of creating an all new duplicate post. So if you change the title of your post, Nothing Wavering should simply update the old post instead of creating a duplicate with a different title.

Permanent Link | Comments Off | Filed Under: Other Technologies | Tags: bugs • rss • technology • twitter

Welcome to the New Nothing Wavering Blog

by J. Max Wilson (01/03/2009 23:03 pm)

When I started Nothing Wavering six months ago, I expected to make rapid progress on additional features. However, shortly after the launch, I was promoted to Director of Software Development over my division at work. Simultaneously, my development team suddenly became smaller, so in addition to new responsibilities, we were also picking up the slack left by those who were no longer working for us. So many of my plans for Nothing Wavering had to be pushed off.

I apologize to those who have applied for inclusion in the portal and have not been added yet. I will be evaluating the remaining blogs over the next couple of weeks, as well as publishing admission guidelines so that you will know what I am looking for.

Please feel free to leave comments with your questions, comments, or suggestions, as well as any bugs you have found.

In addition to announcing new features, and newly listed blogs, I will also be linking to other blogs here that may not qualify for inclusion in the portal, but are worth your while and looking for additional readers.

Nothing Wavering will be launching some exciting new features for the Orthodox LDS Community, including a Podcast, with cutting edge technology that will allow you to record comments, questions, and podcast topic suggestions over the phone, with the potential for your recording to be included in the next podcast episode. Feel free to test it out before the first episode.

Permanent Link | 10 Comments | Filed Under: Feature Announcements | Tags: blog • features • technology

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Nothing Wavering aims to build a community of Orthodox and Mainstream LDS Blogs and Bloggers to promote the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Announcements about new features and new blogs added to the portal, as well as queries for user feedback, feature requests, bug reports, and other community interaction will appear here on the Nothing Wavering Blog.