RSS Feeds

Discussion in 'PHP' started by FishSword, Feb 5, 2009.

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    Hiya,

    I have a table within a database containing two fields: newsTitle and newsDescription.

    How do you insert the contents of these to fields into a RSS Feed, and track how many people have subscribed?

    Many Thanks,

    FishSword
     
    FishSword, Feb 5, 2009 IP
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    absurdtrivia Peon

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    The easiest way to create an RSS file is to use a pre written class. I just found one here www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/2569.html although there are many.

    It's also fairly easy to do yourself. Outputing to RSS is similare to outputing to html. You just need to get familar with the structure of an RSS file.

    Finally, to track subscriptions you should use feedburner.com
    It's a free service from google that gives stats on rss feeds.
     
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    FishSword Active Member

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