Refresh of RSS widget (sidebar)

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    iamg0d · Member ·

    Hi everyone!

    I’m quite new to blogging (and not a native speaker…), so please forgive my possible misunderstanding of some things.

    So here’s my issue:
    I have set up a RSS widget in the sidebar (standard theme) with a feed from my last.fm account (recently played tracks, address: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/user/I_AM_G0D/recenttracks.rss).
    The feed shows up, but then again, it doesn’t update on my blog, altough the feed itself holds new data. The only time the feed displays updated is when I edit the widget…?

    I’ve been searching the FAQ and forum for quite some time now and can’t find anything which lead me to a solution. I know there are automatically generated images delivered by last.fm, but then again, I don’t want to make such an excessive use of bandwidth on either side (text <-> jpg)…

    Am I just making a stupid mistake, is this a knwon issue or is there a defined interval for the web server to re-read the feed?

    Thanx in advance,
    fluke

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    iamg0d · Member ·

    Errm, just noticed that the data has been updated. So I suppose there’s a fixed interval for updates…
    I’ll keep an eye on the feed.

    If there’s anything I should be aware of, I’d appreciate a short answer. In any other case, just regards this as solved.

    fluke

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    drmike · Member ·

    The sidebars are cached to some extent. You may be hitting that.

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    iamg0d · Member ·

    Thanks for the quick answer :-)

    Nice site, nice service. Keep it up!

    fluke

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