rss feeds

I am putting together a new site but I am wanting to have rss subscriptions on there. Is there a certain how to some where on the interent..or just a type of html you need. Can someone please explain this to me

 

RSS is based on XML.

Any blog worth its salt will do this automatically.
In PHP you can either use the inherent xml parser functions (which I personally think are a pain), or use a class such as http://www.phpclasses.org/browse/package/560.html to write your code.

Let me know if you need more help, and Good Luck!

 

I have an RSS parser you can use that was written by someone I know (he's been programming for over 20 years). And yes, I have been given permission to redistribute it.

My question to you is, what DOCTYPE are you using for your Web pages? HTML or XHTML?

 

You can get rss parsers and blog scripts at hotscripts.com to do all the things you need.

 

The thing is those parsers grab the feeds from the server constantly - which puts a real draon on a server's bandwidth. The best thing to do is to cache the feed and then serve the cached file to the user.

The parser I have does just that.

 

So with such a script and own hosting you no longer need services like blogger and wordpress? You can build your own template, pages, and have a blog page usable as a feed?

 

Yup. That's pretty much it.

 

Yes, yes and yes. Although free hosts are still very useful for backlinks, and they get listed in search engines real fast.