direct publisher limitations and observations
I'm starting this out with a bit of criticism. However, it's intent is to either learn why, make people aware for positive change, and or help a few others out with what I percieve as issues. Direc...
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"belltown" wrote:5) updates via the direct publisher website, such as category changes and/or uploading new xml files do not seem to appear on the endusers device until it gets updated.
Possibly, the way the DP channel code is implemented, the feed url changes with each update the developer makes through the developer dashboard. That would explain why the users' channels have to be updated to get the new feed. I'm not sure why they wouldn't want to use a fixed url for the channel so that the channel has access to the new data as soon as the developer updates are made.
Hmmmm, just curious, do the DP channels ever auto update, or only when the customer manually update their settings & device? Honestly I was just using a changing url thru myjson I have a wordpress website and I couldn't add on a 'json only' page to it, but I should be able to using a subdomain I suppose.
