Link to current comic?

[lynkyn]

Is there any link to the newest comic? Something like "http://www.xkcd.com/newest.png"? I'm working on a page to use for my homepage, and I want to have the newest one on it, but it'd be pointless if I had to manually reset it. Anyone know of this?

[Menacing Spike]

Don't hotlink to the comic, that's being a dick.

Just make a script to imgur the frontpage comic now and then. ("if previous http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/*.png is not found on the page then search for a new png, host it, update link").

[lynkyn]

Don't hotlink to the comic, that's being a dick.

Just make a script to imgur the frontpage comic now and then. ("if previous http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/*.png is not found on the page then search for a new png, host it, update link").

What's wrong with direct linking? I'm the only one who will load it, it's not like it will bring down the server.

[K-R]

Is there a reason you can't just go to the actual XKCD site?

[Jacque]

Don't hotlink to the comic, that's being a dick.

Just make a script to imgur the frontpage comic now and then. ("if previous http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/*.png is not found on the page then search for a new png, host it, update link").

What's wrong with direct linking? I'm the only one who will load it, it's not like it will bring down the server.

Etiquette?

Now, by 'homepage' do you mean your website homepage, or do you mean a custom page that you're using as the first page your browser loads on new window/tab?

[lynkyn]

Don't hotlink to the comic, that's being a dick.

Just make a script to imgur the frontpage comic now and then. ("if previous http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/*.png is not found on the page then search for a new png, host it, update link").

What's wrong with direct linking? I'm the only one who will load it, it's not like it will bring down the server.

Etiquette?

Now, by 'homepage' do you mean your website homepage, or do you mean a custom page that you're using as the first page your browser loads on new window/tab?

First page my browser loads :P. Between the following, I see nothing wrong with this:
1. He makes all comics direct-linkable specifically so people can hotlink them, it'd just be more convenient to see the newest one, rather than one in specific.
2. If I could set xkcd.com as my homepage either way, a hotlink to the image would use equal or less bandwidth.

[SecondTalon]

Is there any link to the newest comic? Something like "http://www.xkcd.com/newest.png"? I'm working on a page to use for my homepage, and I want to have the newest one on it, but it'd be pointless if I had to manually reset it. Anyone know of this?

Can you not just push the rss feed on to your homepage?

[lynkyn]

Is there any link to the newest comic? Something like "http://www.xkcd.com/newest.png"? I'm working on a page to use for my homepage, and I want to have the newest one on it, but it'd be pointless if I had to manually reset it. Anyone know of this?

Can you not just push the rss feed on to your homepage?

Didn't think of that :D

[PM 2Ring]

Also see Getting the most recent comic in the Coding forum.