Started using a CDN, how can I refresh feeds?

  • Webbasica

    (@webbasica)


    7 years, 7 months ago

    My server was suffering the bottleneck issue so I started using Cloudfront. I did a search and replace on my DB so now I’m using http://cdn.mydomain.com/etc_etc.mp3 as URL to all my mp3 files. I did a few manually just to make sure everything works.

    I’ve done a few tests on the site and the cdn is working fine.

    I just noticed, however, that one of the podcast directories I use is still using the old non-cdn URL. At first I thought that it was something they cached, but then I remembered that they don’t have the actual URL to the file, they all use the media.blubrry.com URL which in time redirects to my file. So the cache must be in Blubrry, right?

    Is there a way to refresh that?

    Thanks!

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by Webbasica.
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  • Plugin Author Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    The redirect is part of the media URL, so if the URL changes even slightly, the directory should update to that new URL regardless of blubrry’s redirect.

    Please reply with a link to the directory that has the problem, we will investigate.

    Thread Starter Webbasica

    (@webbasica)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    You can see it here:
    http://mx.ivoox.com/es/episodio-64-lego-batman-es-mejor-comedia-audios-mp3_rf_17213517_1.html?autoplay=true

    I made a screenshot:
    http://take.ms/oIyAF

    Thanks for the help!

    Thread Starter Webbasica

    (@webbasica)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    Also, checking the bandwidth stats on my server, I see no change:
    http://take.ms/DyPIQ

    The site where the plugin is installed:
    http://somosnopasanada.com/

    Thread Starter Webbasica

    (@webbasica)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    Since this has taken a long time to fix, I created a redirect on htaccess.
    Basically:
    mysite.com/mp3/* → cdn.mysite.com/mp3/*

    It’s working, but I’m not really sure if that’s breaking Blubrry’s stats

    Plugin Author Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    Why not use the Find and Replace Episode URLs tool in PowerPress > Tools? It has an option to check each media URL as well, I highly recommend keeping that option checked that way URLs are not changed if they are not 200 OK.

    A redirect will not break Blubrry Statistics. It is common for CDN’s to also include their own redirect, but ultimately you want to change the media URLs in the database, the find and replace tool will do that in very short order.

    Thread Starter Webbasica

    (@webbasica)

    7 years, 7 months ago

    Well, I didn’t know Powerpress had that S&R tool. I did it the old way, directly into the database, and then just made sure it worked.

    So I guess the htaccess redirect is the solution. Weird issue to have, specially since everything was changed to the new CDN URL, but somehow wasn’t working.

    Thread Starter Webbasica

    (@webbasica)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    Talked to soon, I’m getting

    Failed to load resource: net::ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

    Removed the htaccess redirect.

    Any suggestions?

    Plugin Author Angelo Mandato

    (@amandato)

    7 years, 6 months ago

    I would recommend changing the media URLs rather than redirect them. Go to PowerPress menu on the left and the last sub menu option “tools”. Select Find and Replace Media URLs. You can do a find and replace here. There is a checkbox option at the bottom, I strongly recommend keeping it checked, it will confirm that the new URLs are valid before making the change to the episode. The tool has 2 steps, step 1 finds matches and displays them, step 2 lets you actually make the change. The final results will show which media URLs are updated and which are not.

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