KristenB Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 My friend wanted me to create an RSS feed of my website (or parts of it) and I really don't know how to create RSS. I've looked on many websites, but I haven't been able to really understand how things work.My RSS feed (*.xml file) looks like this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Kaibi Studios</title> <description>Keep in contact with Kristen Bisson, and keep in tune with the updates happening on Kaibi Studios. :-)</description> <link>http://www.kaibi-studios.net/</link> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:34:49 -0500</lastBuildDate> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:34:10 -0500</pubDate> <generator>FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) unlicensed version</generator> <item> <title>Main Page</title> <description>This is the main page of the website.</description> <link>http://www.kaibi-studios.net/main.html</link> <url>http://www.kaibi-studios.net/main.html</url> <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:34:10 -0500</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss> It is validated and everything, but if I change something to that page, will it show up on the person's feed? Help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Of course it will. Once the reader makes an update check that is.RSS is only a standart set of elements. It's really up to the reading application to decide how to display the stuff, if/when to update it, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenB Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Of course it will. Once the reader makes an update check that is.RSS is only a standart set of elements. It's really up to the reading application to decide how to display the stuff, if/when to update it, etc.So, if I update something on the page, it will show up differently depending on the tool the users use to view it? (If I've understood you correctly...) So, if I update one word on a page, how would it show up? And do I have to RSS every page I want to be RSS'ed? Sorry, I'm very new to this, I just started really looking into it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Yes, not sure and yes.Yes, a viewer might only show the description of the page with a link to the title, and the look of this description can be controlled by the application. The viewer might also show the contents of the page in the <link/> element.If you edit anything, the user will know there is something new as soon as it checks the feed for updates.There's no way for an application to find out there's a new page without you telling it. And every page that's not "RSS-ed" is considered not to be news, or simply not new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristenB Posted January 10, 2007 Author Share Posted January 10, 2007 Yes, not sure and yes.Yes, a viewer might only show the description of the page with a link to the title, and the look of this description can be controlled by the application. The viewer might also show the contents of the page in the <link/> element.If you edit anything, the user will know there is something new as soon as it checks the feed for updates.There's no way for an application to find out there's a new page without you telling it. And every page that's not "RSS-ed" is considered not to be news, or simply not new.Thank you for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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