Is there a way to use the shuffle and/or random options for the results in the archived pages created by GodFather Bomb? I'm archiving daily and the news may end up being the same for several days in a row.

I've gotten the shuffle option to work with BlobBomb feeds, but I'm not sure how to get it to work with GFB.

Thanks,
gtrusler

I guess the question is, if the news doesn't update everyday, then why have a daily list???

You can include a BlogBomb random tag in your GBomb template, which will combine the dynamic elements of BlogBomb and the static elements of the GBomb archive.

Although, I don't think you will see the SSI content in the template...

Thanks for the reply. I’m using a daily list because I want to generate more content than a weekly list would. The news updates more often than weekly, it’s just not every day. My thought was that if I could shuffle the results, the pages would at least appear different to the SE spiders.

I did get the shuffle to work using the SSI tags, but then my archives get refreshed every time the page is accessed. I want to create static pages for my news archives.

My workaround was to create 7 different message lists (one for each day of the week) and have each with a slightly different selection of feeds and number of results. It’s crude and cumbersome, but it’s the best I could come up with.

I’ve got about 15 different sites I want to implement this on, so if you have any easier suggestions or if you see a problem with this approach, I’d appreciate the feedback.