Where can I get a RSS page?

[Ajm113]

I want to get a RSS going on my site for new results and I see that RSS pages have a style. When I look at the source code it is basic XML! How is this possible? Where and how can I accomplish this?

Thanks, Ajm113

[coolgames]

<H5 align=center>[font=Arial][/font] </H5><H5>How to Make an RSS Feed </H5>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.

The following feed http://www.notepage.net/feed.xml contains items. The items are all SMS and paging related news articles that would likely benefit someone interested in the wireless market.

Each item contains:

• title
• description
• link

The title and description should be written to describe the content and the link should reference the webpage that contains that actual content.

Like html, the xml file uses open and close tags to designate the title, description and link. Tags are enclosed in brackets <>, like standard html and the close tag contains a forward slash /.

The following is what an item in a xml file looks like:

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

<H5>Items</H5>As I mentioned earlier, an RSS feeds contains items and like the tags above, an open and close tag is used to distinguish between items.

<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>

Now an RSS Feed is a series of items, these items are chained together to create what is called a "Channel".

The Channel appears at the top of the file and tells people how the items relate to each other. Like items channels use title, description and link tags to describe its content. The open channel tag <chanel> occurs before the first item and the close tag </channel> occurs after the last item.

<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>

Finally you will need to designate the file by indicating it is an XML file by inserting xml and rss defining tags at the beginning and </rss> at the very end.

<?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>

When you save the file be sure to save it as an xml file.

<H5>RSS Warning</H5>If you create the file using Dreamweaver or a similar tool becareful that it does not strip out tags it feels are redundant. In order to be be an RSS feed your file needs at bare minimum that tags that were discussed above, and the file will not be valid if tags are stripped out.

If you want to use a tool to ease the process of RSS feed creation take a look at [color=#800080]FeedForAll[/color].

<H5>Validation</H5>As my math teacher use to say, check your work! Once your file is complete and uploaded einter it into the feed validator at [color=#800080]http://feedvalidator.org[/color]
<H5>[font=Arial]NOTE:::::: i reccomend that you use Microsoft XML Editor which is FREE to write your feed..[/font]</H5>
Happy Reading....