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<title>More Blog Housekeeping</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2004/03/09/moreHousekeeping</biblioid>
<volumenum>7</volumenum>
<issuenum>36</issuenum>
<pubdate>2004-03-09T14:12:00+01:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2005-09-11 10:27:02 -0400 (Sun, 11 Sep 2005) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
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<copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>A little more cleanup around here.</para>
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<para xml:id="p1">I finally made a couple of changes that I’ve been wanting to do
for a while:</para>

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<listitem>
      <para xml:id="p2">I switched from using the RSS feed to using the Atom
feed as the source for the “recent essays” list on the home page
and</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
      <para xml:id="p3">I began sorting the recent essays list by
last-modified date instead of issued date.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>

<para xml:id="p4">This had two consequences: one fortunate and one not so fortunate.
First, changing the stylesheet that formats HTML caused my build system to 
reformat <emphasis>all</emphasis> the HTML pages. That caught a markup
error that somehow slipped through the cracks which is a good thing.
Fixing the markup error moved the changed essay to the top of the list
which is not so good. If that kind of thing happens too often, I’ll have
to add another knob.</para>

<para xml:id="p5">I wonder how long it will make sense to keep generating both kinds
of feeds?</para>

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