advice to display an rss feed on home page

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    I would like to add an rss feed to my home page and am not really sure where to start...any ideas?

    many thanks!
     
    adell50, Oct 6, 2009 IP
  2. NiggsNetwork

    NiggsNetwork Peon

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    #2
    There are many ways.

    1. Use a Generator
    2. Try this link web-design.lovetoknow.com/How_Do_I_Put_an_RSS_Feed_on_My_Website
     
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  3. adell50

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    #3
    cool...thanks!
     
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    what's your platform, if php, there'll be many methods:)
     
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  5. adell50

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    ahh...its asp, for now...
     
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    Bugger. If you decide to use PHP, you can do it really easily using lastrss or PHP's simplexml_load_string.
     
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    A simple how-to reference: How to install your own RSS Feeds

    James
     
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  8. adell50

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    Thanks James!

    I took a look at that page and it seems pretty good, but I am missing something I think. I have a blog that can be syndicated. I have a site that I control.

    I am trying to merge the two. Inasmuch, I am trying to display a feed of the blog on my homepage.

    I am having a hard time understanding how to get this done.

    Any ideas?

    Many thanks!
     
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    The easiest/best way to do this is to use RSS2HTML a free PHP script. This means that you can retain the complete control of the HTML layout (using templates) and make it match your existing design. Additionally using PHP rather than JavaScript will mean that search engine spiders can "spider" the contents of the RSS feeds.

    Additional details and a free rss2html download is available at: http://www.feedforall.com/more-php.htm

    Additional information and other options for displaying RSS feeds can be found at: http://www.rss-specifications.com/displaying-rss-feeds.htm
     
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    Great! Thanks for the tip. TO clarify, the php will be able to be used with my current site, in spite of the fact that it is written in html?

    Ill look at the link you sent and let you know how it goes.

    Thanks again!
     
    adell50, Oct 11, 2009 IP