RSS Feed Options

[bigtrey90]

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

<?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]

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?

xml is just a blur to me

[mipadi]

what?

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.