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How to Create and Add an RSS Feed to a Website



May 1st, 2009:

How to Create and Add an RSS Feed to a Website

Creating an RSS feed for your website is a fairly simple task if you are familiar with HTML. If not, there are some very useful software applications available to help create your RSS feed. Here are some software suggestions:

LINK TO FEED CREATION SOFTWARE

How to Create and Add an RSS Feed to a Website?

First select the content and information you want to syndicate. RSS feeds use XML. This is a code to describe and deliver the data you want to publish using your RSS feed.

To create your RSS feed open Notepad (In Windows: Start - All Programs - Accessories - Notepad) or any other text editor. You will need to enter the following information into this text file:

1. Document or File Type Declaration:

First you need to indicate the file type by including XML and RSS defining tags. The XML tag does not need to be closed, however, the RSS tag must be closed at the very end of the RSS feed script like this: </rss> 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">

Channel and Item Information will go here

</rss>

2. The "Channel" Information:

Title, description, and link. This information will be used by the user's RSS reader and tells the user how the items in your RSS feed are related. For Example: Channel "Search Engine Optimization" contains several "items" (Title, Link, Description) about search engine optimization. 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Channel headline or title goes here</title>
<description>A description of this channel goes here</description>
<link>Link to this channel's homepage or home directory goes here</link>

Item information will go here

</channel>
</rss>

3. The "Item" Information:

The title, link, and description of the content or information you want to syndicate. The title and description should describe the content, and the link should point to the webpage which contains the full content or information. You can add as many items to the channel as you like. The item information is being entered right below the channel link and the </channel> tag: 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Channel headline or title goes here</title>
<description>A description of this channel goes here</description>
<link>Link to this channel's homepage or home directory goes here</link>
<item>
<title>Item 1 title goes here</title>
<description>Item 1 description goes here</description>
<link>Link to full content page goes here</link>
</item>
<item>
<title>Item 2 title goes here</title>
<description>Item 2 description goes here</description>
<link>Link to full content page goes here</link>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Do not forget to close the RSS feed like this: </rss>
Note: Do not to use ampersands or quotes in your XML code! XML requires ampersands and quotes to be replaced with "&amp" and quotes with "&quot".

Now save this file with an .xml extension!!

Upload the .xml file or RSS feed to your server and validate your RSS feed.

Now you are ready to syndicate your content. Advertise your RSS feed just like a website and let your marketing skills go wild. You should submit your RSS feed to as many RSS feed accepting sites and directories as possible. For more information on how to advertise your RSS feed go to:

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