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bigtrey90
So how do you got about making an RSS Feed? Are you supposed to create it yourself like this:

QUOTE
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>The Channel Title Goes Here</title>
<description>The explanation of how the items are related goes here</description>
<link>http://www.directoryoflinksgohere</link>

<item>
<title>The Title Goes Here</title>
<description>The description goes here</description>
<link>http://www.linkgoeshere.com</link>
</item>

<item>
<title>Another Title Goes Here</title>
<description>Another description goes here</description>
<link>http://www.anotherlinkgoeshere.com</link>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>


Then after that you upload it to your site, and put it on Feedburner? Am I doing this right?
mipadi
You normally create it dynamically, using PHP or another language, but you have the right idea: you just have to spit out the right XML.

And you don't have to use Feedburner, you can just link the RSS file directly.
bigtrey90
QUOTE(mipadi @ Mar 29 2009, 10:09 PM) *
You normally create it dynamically, using PHP or another language, but you have the right idea: you just have to spit out the right XML.

And you don't have to use Feedburner, you can just link the RSS file directly.


what? blink.gif

xml is just a blur to me
mipadi
QUOTE(bigtrey90 @ Mar 30 2009, 01:28 AM) *
what? blink.gif

xml is just a blur to me

Well, RSS is marked up using XML. XML is less forgiving than HTML, so you have to make sure that your output is correct.
bigtrey90
QUOTE(mipadi @ Mar 30 2009, 08:34 AM) *
Well, RSS is marked up using XML. XML is less forgiving than HTML, so you have to make sure that your output is correct.


gotcha.

so what coding should i use? is there a good tutorial that teaches me step by step?
mipadi
QUOTE(bigtrey90 @ Mar 30 2009, 10:50 AM) *
gotcha.

so what coding should i use? is there a good tutorial that teaches me step by step?

There're sites out there that explain how to craft an RSS feed (Google "creating an rss feed" or something similar). Then it's just a matter of having your language of choice spit out the XML (e.g., through PHP's <?php echo "<rss> blah blah").
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