RSS - hows that work

Discussion in 'XML & RSS' started by KateC, Jul 6, 2008.

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    Hello

    Just some quick questions:-

    I want to create an rss feed with html? Can I do that with any version of rss?

    Once I have created my xml doc - what is next?

    Thanks in advance
     
    KateC, Jul 6, 2008 IP
  2. Maryzz

    Maryzz Peon

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    RSS is a particular schema, represented as XML. An RSS file is known as a feed.

    Once you have your XML, you do not need to do anything, you just make the xml file available on your website. If it is correct RSS format, RSS readers (e.g. bloglines, google reader) will be able to read the file.

    You can validate an RSS feed here: http://feedvalidator.org/

    The thing is, thought, you will need to keep this up to date.

    What kind of site are you running? If it is a blog, then they all have built in RSS anyway. If it is a site, then you should look into getting something coded that automatically updates your RSS feed everytime your site changes.
     
    Maryzz, Jul 12, 2008 IP
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    mustaineoz Active Member

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    I'm updating my site everyday(it is not blog) Where can i find "automatically updating rss feed everytime i my site changes)?

    I really need something like this,please help
     
    mustaineoz, Jul 14, 2008 IP
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    Creating RSS directly from HTML would be pretty difficult I think. The way most systems work is the data is in a database, and one program formats it for html, and another one formats it for RSS. If you are hand-coding static HTML pages, you'll have to hand-code your RSS too, which will be very difficult and time consuming.

    If you do ever figure out how to get an RSS feed up and running, make sure to subscribe to it yourself from google to insure it gets spidered.
     
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