How do you create RSS feeds for an HTML website? I know that Wordpress has this feature automatically built in, but a regular HTML site? Thanks
Hi James Thanks for the link. I didn't know there was a XML/RSS forum, man you really gotta strain the eyes to find it (age I guess)
I apologize for not providing you a link to that obscure Forum, Bob. Anyway, if you visit my "References & Resources for Webmasters" page (Signature block below) you can see an example feed in action on a regular web page. James
For your reference here is a list of 7 tools to create RSS feeds from any site. http://profy.com/2007/09/30/7-tools-to-make-an-rss-feed-of-any-website/
Thanks for the URL. Some of the services look interesting. If I understand this correctly I can make a feed for one page? If I want to make a feed for multiple posts like Wordpress then I'll need to use a service like http://rssmix.com ? Thanks
There are many ways to "skin the cat" .......... After generating your feed you can install it on, for instance, your home page and use it to reflect changes, updates, etc. for all your pages (that is what I do for my "References & Resources for Webmasters " page) or you can install such a feed on each page of your web site, or you can have a unique feed for each page with a summary page, etc. You can manually update feeds if your changes are infrequent or use content management to migrate the changes (that is what I do for some of my other sites). BTW, inasmuch as I use RDF/XML extensively on other sites, I also use it to generate my feeds. I include here the W3C RDF/XML Validation output for the referenced site so that you can see the feed source and output. James
Thanks for the replies James, but I didn't explain it right. I'm still trying to understand this RSS thing. Basically I'd like to create RSS feeds like those created by Wordpress, for an HTML site. And then submit those feeds to the RSS directories for backlinks. Thanks