is it worth it to code your own RSS feeds? I am familar with php and mysql, and have built my own db's. here's what i am looking to do: - XXXX site updates -- Title of story (this will be a link to story) -- About 10 words of first pargraph ending with ... i've seen sites where you plugin the RSS from another site and it gives you a js or php code to add to your site, but i want to limit the number of words displayed, is it worth it to spend the time and code my own?
with php 5 around these days its easy to do in just a few lines . Its always worth the time to create a "decent to you needs solution" , and you can use it in your further projects. my 2 cents coches.
Is the site a blog? If so, which cms are you using? OR have I totally misunderstood and you have built your own blogging platform? Q...
Since RSS is essentially XML, you can use the SimpleXML library (PHP 5+) to provide custom RSS feeds. And it's not that compicated.
my CMS is DRUPAL, I want to take content like this: http://rss.cnn.com/rss/money_news_economy.rss and display the title and first 10-20 words on my site.