Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Make RSS Feeds

RSS feeds contain what are referred to as "items". The items are usually connected in some way and contain a common theme or other similarity.

Putting Each item contains are:

    title
    description
    link

Open notepad and create like below format:

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<item>
<title>The Title Goes Here</title>
<description>The description goes here</description>
<link>http://make-rss-feeds.blogspot.com/</link>
</item>

<item>
<title>The Title Goes Here</title>
<description>The description goes here</description>
<link>http://make-rss-feeds.blogspot.com/</link>
</item>

<item>
<title>The Title Goes Here</title>
<description>The description goes here</description>
<link>http://make-rss-feeds.blogspot.com/</link>
</item>

<item>
<title>The Title Goes Here</title>
<description>The description goes here</description>
<link>http://make-rss-feeds.blogspot.com/</link>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>

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After create RSS feed then check your work! Once your file is complete and uploaded enter it into the feed validator at http://feedvalidator.org

Submit your RSS feed (the xml file you created) to sites just like you would submit a web page.