iohelix moon data updates
Posted: December 4th, 2011, 5:13 am
I know there are a few skins out there that are using the iohelix moon data in their skins, so I thought I'd post here to reach everyone.
The URL for the moon data has changed from:
http://www.iohelix.net/moon/moonlite.php?z=#TimeZone#
-- to --
http://iohelix.net/moon/moonlite.php?z=#TimeZone#
(the "www" has been removed)
I have a redirect on the server that will redirect all traffic from http://www.iohelix.net to http://iohelix.net, but what that means for the users (and my server), is that they hit the site twice for every update.
So if you are a skin developer and you are using my moon data in your skin, if you could update the URL in your next release that would be great. Thanks. =)
Also... please make sure that you are only hitting the site every 30 min or more. It's not a huge chunk of data, but it does get hit quite a bit with all the various skins using the data and it adds up. Besides, the moon doesn't move all that fast, and there isn't much change in a half hour.
Please don't take this as a complaint, as I'm extremely pleased that my data and feed have gotten such huge results. Especially for something that I only originally built for me.
Here are some stats from the feed:
For June, 2011:
Total Hits for moon data feed- 12,625,076
Total KBytes for data feed- 10,113,041
For November, 2011:
Total Hits for moon data feed- 46,265,790
Total KBytes for data feed- 37,052,278
So in 5 months traffic through the feed has nearly quadrupled (although half of that may be due to the 'www' redirect I added in late June). Amazing.
Anywho... if you or anyone you know is using this feed in their skins, please inform them of this change. I appreciate it.
The URL for the moon data has changed from:
http://www.iohelix.net/moon/moonlite.php?z=#TimeZone#
-- to --
http://iohelix.net/moon/moonlite.php?z=#TimeZone#
(the "www" has been removed)
I have a redirect on the server that will redirect all traffic from http://www.iohelix.net to http://iohelix.net, but what that means for the users (and my server), is that they hit the site twice for every update.
So if you are a skin developer and you are using my moon data in your skin, if you could update the URL in your next release that would be great. Thanks. =)
Also... please make sure that you are only hitting the site every 30 min or more. It's not a huge chunk of data, but it does get hit quite a bit with all the various skins using the data and it adds up. Besides, the moon doesn't move all that fast, and there isn't much change in a half hour.
Please don't take this as a complaint, as I'm extremely pleased that my data and feed have gotten such huge results. Especially for something that I only originally built for me.
Here are some stats from the feed:
For June, 2011:
Total Hits for moon data feed- 12,625,076
Total KBytes for data feed- 10,113,041
For November, 2011:
Total Hits for moon data feed- 46,265,790
Total KBytes for data feed- 37,052,278
So in 5 months traffic through the feed has nearly quadrupled (although half of that may be due to the 'www' redirect I added in late June). Amazing.
Anywho... if you or anyone you know is using this feed in their skins, please inform them of this change. I appreciate it.