Comments on: Complications with Yahoo Pipes = FAIL http://www.tyleringram.com/blog/complications-with-yahoo-pipes-fail Miscellanious Ramblings of a Web Developer in the Metro Vancouver area. Technology, Web Development, Photography, Computers and Outdoor Activities Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:29:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tyler Ingram http://www.tyleringram.com/blog/complications-with-yahoo-pipes-fail/comment-page-1#comment-14852 Tyler Ingram Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:18:02 +0000 http://www.tyleringram.com/?p=828#comment-14852 Yea so I changed it and had a couple day of issues ;) Ah well it should be better. The Yahoo Pipes feed is working. I figured out why it was acting funny. So I do have 3 feeds. One for this blog, one for my photo blog and then a combination of the two that is done by Yahoo Pipes. Yea so I changed it and had a couple day of issues ;) Ah well it should be better. The Yahoo Pipes feed is working. I figured out why it was acting funny. So I do have 3 feeds. One for this blog, one for my photo blog and then a combination of the two that is done by Yahoo Pipes.

]]> By: Cam Tardi http://www.tyleringram.com/blog/complications-with-yahoo-pipes-fail/comment-page-1#comment-14835 Cam Tardi Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:40:55 +0000 http://www.tyleringram.com/?p=828#comment-14835 I'd have to agree with Sean. I do really like the combined feed idea, given that they are all essentially your blog, I currently read both this one and your photo blog. I like to rely on outside services as least as possible, but that's just me being me. If all of your blogs are running on the same server, have you looked into creating your own automated feed by polling both databases? Maybe have 3 different feeds, one for each site, and one combining both? Hmm, what about even users being able to choose based on a unique id passed in the feed url? I’d have to agree with Sean.

I do really like the combined feed idea, given that they are all essentially your blog, I currently read both this one and your photo blog.

I like to rely on outside services as least as possible, but that’s just me being me. If all of your blogs are running on the same server, have you looked into creating your own automated feed by polling both databases? Maybe have 3 different feeds, one for each site, and one combining both?

Hmm, what about even users being able to choose based on a unique id passed in the feed url?

]]> By: Sean http://www.tyleringram.com/blog/complications-with-yahoo-pipes-fail/comment-page-1#comment-13792 Sean Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:25 +0000 http://www.tyleringram.com/?p=828#comment-13792 One thing that I don't know if you considered before you did this Yahoo Pipes thing is this: did you ask people if they wanted a combined feed? I don't know about other people, but the sudden change was kind of jarring to me. I know it's your website and all, but I think the change could have been handled better. Like putting up a post announcing that you have a new feed that combines both sites RSS feeds into one, instead of just kinda hijacking their RSS feed. Sorry to hear that the Yahoo Pipes thing didn't work though. Sounded like a nice piece of tech, but turned out to be another thing that looks good on paper, but doesn't do well in the real world. Cheers, Sean One thing that I don’t know if you considered before you did this Yahoo Pipes thing is this: did you ask people if they wanted a combined feed?

I don’t know about other people, but the sudden change was kind of jarring to me. I know it’s your website and all, but I think the change could have been handled better. Like putting up a post announcing that you have a new feed that combines both sites RSS feeds into one, instead of just kinda hijacking their RSS feed.

Sorry to hear that the Yahoo Pipes thing didn’t work though. Sounded like a nice piece of tech, but turned out to be another thing that looks good on paper, but doesn’t do well in the real world.

Cheers,
Sean

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