RSS feed aggregator using Hostname

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9/30/2010 12:23:30 PM
Jonathan444
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RSS feed aggregator using Hostname

Windows 2008 R2, SQL-Server, current version.

Hello,

Everyone here enjoying using Mojo so far.  We're encountering a problem where we want to populate the RSS feed aggregator (Feed URL) on our homepage with a host name rather than with an IP address.  These would be feeds of Mojo Blogs and Forums that are the site.  Using host name in the RSS Feed URL doesn't appear to work e.g. http://name.company.org/blog205rss.aspx  vs. http://10.11.1.144/blog205rss.aspx.

Our external users will be assigned a different IP so we were hoping to resolve them using a Hostname.  Suggestions?

Thanks!!

J

9/30/2010 1:03:18 PM
Joe Audette
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Re: RSS feed aggregator using Hostname

If your server is unable to resolve a host name then you should look into the dns server used by the server and why it cannot resolve the host name.

Feed manager is basically making a server side web request for the feed, but it depends on your server being able to resolve the host name.

Hope it helps,

Joe

9/30/2010 2:51:46 PM
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Re: RSS feed aggregator using Hostname

Thanks for your response.  We can enter the URL to a Mojo RSS Feed using hostname into the address bar and it resolves, we can also ping the URL of a Mojo RSS Feed using the hostname directly on the server & get a response.  It's only when we enter the URL of a Mojo RSS feed using hostname into the Feed URL that the feed doesn't appear (using the IP address works but this isn't an option).  Any suggestions?

Thanks!

J

9/30/2010 2:57:10 PM
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Re: RSS feed aggregator using Hostname

Please believe me it is nothing about mojoPortal it is about your server. Something is either blocking the server side web request or it is unable to resolve it. I have never used ip addresses in any feed urls.

Check your logs for clues what is happening:

http://www.mojoportal.com/basic-troubleshooting.aspx

mojoPortal only makes a server side web request for the feed url, it does not do DNS resolution, your server does that.

Hope it helps,

Joe

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