Comments on: Random Redirect Plugin http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/ Unlucky in Cards Sat, 26 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-beta4-20941 By:   More fun with random picking of post in Blogger and Wordpress — BlogoSquare http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-419122   More fun with random picking of post in Blogger and Wordpress — BlogoSquare Tue, 01 May 2007 08:50:34 +0000 http://photomatt.net/2007/04/22/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-419122 [...] like most blog would do, that is digging in the past archives from the present time. Recently Matt came with a new way to allow people to browse your content. Perhaps that might not be a definitive [...] [...] like most blog would do, that is digging in the past archives from the present time. Recently Matt came with a new way to allow people to browse your content. Perhaps that might not be a definitive [...]

]]> By: Matt http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-419005 Matt Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:34:40 +0000 http://photomatt.net/2007/04/22/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-419005 It uses 302 for me. It uses 302 for me.

]]> By: Greasemonkey Script - Stumbling Through Wordpress.com Blogs « //engtech http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418895 Greasemonkey Script - Stumbling Through Wordpress.com Blogs « //engtech Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:26:42 +0000 http://photomatt.net/2007/04/22/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418895 [...] (This is using the /?random feature that Matt added) [...] [...] (This is using the /?random feature that Matt added) [...]

]]> By: New Features on Wordpress.com « Jalaj P. Jha http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418844 New Features on Wordpress.com « Jalaj P. Jha Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:14:24 +0000 http://photomatt.net/2007/04/22/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418844 [...] feature is an outcome of a small plugin by Matt based on the suggestion for TechCrunch and WebWare. Thanks //engtech for pointing this out. This [...] [...] feature is an outcome of a small plugin by Matt based on the suggestion for TechCrunch and WebWare. Thanks //engtech for pointing this out. This [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418812 Jeff Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:31:57 +0000 http://photomatt.net/2007/04/22/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418812 It looks like (according to Live HTTP headers) that you are using a 301 moved permanently. You might want to consider 303 See Other instead. From RFC 2616 re 301: "The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URI and any future references to this resource SHOULD use one of the returned URIs. Clients with link editing capabilities ought to automatically re-link references to the Request-URI to one or more of the new references returned by the server, where possible." That doesn't seem like the right thing for a random redirect. re 303: "The response to the request can be found under a different URI and SHOULD be retrieved using a GET method on that resource. This method exists primarily to allow the output of a POST-activated script to redirect the user agent to a selected resource. The new URI is not a substitute reference for the originally requested resource." You might want to consider 302 Found as well. But I vote 303. It looks like (according to Live HTTP headers) that you are using a 301 moved permanently. You might want to consider 303 See Other instead.

From RFC 2616 re 301:
“The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URI and any future references to this resource SHOULD use one of the returned URIs. Clients with link editing capabilities ought to automatically re-link references to the Request-URI to one or more of the new references returned by the server, where possible.”

That doesn’t seem like the right thing for a random redirect.

re 303:
“The response to the request can be found under a different URI and SHOULD be retrieved using a GET method on that resource. This method exists primarily to allow the output of a POST-activated script to redirect the user agent to a selected resource. The new URI is not a substitute reference for the originally requested resource.”

You might want to consider 302 Found as well. But I vote 303.

]]> By: Avinash http://ma.tt/2007/04/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418798 Avinash Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:56:43 +0000 http://photomatt.net/2007/04/22/random-redirect-plugin/#comment-418798 Sounds cool! I saw it working live @ TechCrunch. I'm gonna give it a try on my blog. - Avi Sounds cool! I saw it working live @ TechCrunch. I’m gonna give it a try on my blog.

- Avi

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