Dueling Domains
Or why this blog is “only” displayed on the XKE site
Though XKdata and XKEdata are separate domain names and display different content, there is actually only one batch of code that controls both sites. Through some not-particularly-clever-but-still-pretty-cool behind the scenes juggling, I can determine what domain you came to, serve the appropriate content, present it in the correct design, etc. This also allows me to add other models of car in the future without too much trouble. This single code set also really helps when chasing bugs and adding new features.
However, the software which runs the blog page (Wordpress), requires an “choose one and stick to it” URL for the RSS Feeds to function. And RSS feeds, if you’re unfamiliar with them, are a great way to keep up on new content…all you need is a feed reader (I use the Sage sidebar for the Firefox browser) and you automatically keep track of new content on your RSS-enabled sites. I definitely want RSS to work here, and hence the need to choose one domain for the blog to live on.
I’m fiddling around to see if there is anything I can kludge in Wordpress to make the multi-domain thing work, but don’t hold your breath…besides, I’m not sure it’s really that much of a “problem.”
