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RSS Tutorial
RSS Tutorial Change Log.
The tutorial provides:
Introduction and overview of RSS.
For subscribers, consuming RSS.
For webmasters, generating content using RSS.
For publishers, creating RSS feeds.
RSS Reference material.
http://rss-tutorial.com/
Periodic Review and Update is complete.
- Added New Material
- Added a Comment System using Echo Comments
Published on December 2nd, 2009 01:45 AM
Periodic Review of the RSS Tutorial to make sure all information and links are current. Completed the Publishers Section.
- Updated obsolete links.
- Made minor revisions
Published on November 1st, 2009 01:01 AM
Periodic Review of the RSS Tutorial to make sure all information and links are current. Completed the WebMasters Section.
- Updated obsolete links.
- Made minor revisions
Published on October 17th, 2009 02:15 PM
Periodic Review of the RSS Tutorial to make sure all information and links are current. Completed the Subscribers Section.
- Updated obsolete links.
- Made minor revisions
Published on October 13th, 2009 01:49 PM
Periodic Review of the RSS Tutorial to make sure all information and links are current.
- Reviewed the 6 introduction and overview lessons.
- Updated obsolete links.
- Made minor revisions.
Published on September 29th, 2009 10:27 AM
Changed Webhosting Vendors. Moved the RSS Tutorial with everything else. I am testing to make sure everything made it over correctly.
Published on June 20th, 2008 10:38 PM
I added a new page for Yahoo Groups and RSS. I kept getting questions about it.
- The new page describes how to find Yahoo Groups with RSS.
- How to use Mail Bucket to subscribe to Yahoo Groups with no native RSS feeds.
Published on April 15th, 2008 08:55 PM
The Section RSS for webmasters has been revised. The major revisions are as follows:
- Reviewed the lessons and updated for 2008
- Cleaned up all the examples of generating content using RSS
Published on April 13th, 2008 07:15 AM
The Section RSS for subscribers has been revised. The major revisions are as follows:
- Added a fair number of new RSS directories to help find RSS feeds. There is a new section on specific purpose directories
- Added an entirely new lesson on managing the RSS feeds. The big challenge for RSS subscribers went from how to find and subscribe to feeds to how to manage all the feeds. The new section describes the tools to manage, filter, and mash RSS feeds.
Published on April 7th, 2008 11:09 AM
The Section RSS Introduction and Overview has been revised. Each of 6 lessons in that section were reviewed, updated, and revised. Most of the changes were the normal changes that occur in technology over a 12 month period.
Published on April 2nd, 2008 10:08 PM
The Tutorial was originally prepared for a Yahoo Group now called the Tech Training Yahoo Group. I will send out the lessons one at a time to the Group for review and feedback.
Published on March 26th, 2008 06:48 AM
The latest revision of the RSS Tutorial is complete. Each of the sections received some updates. The two major overall changes were
1) Adding information on how to manage feeds using the new filtering tools
2) Combining the Blog and Website areas into one area for Publishers.
Published on March 25th, 2008 06:44 AM
Add this information. Now the RSS is starting to get wider exceptance, the new issue is how to manage RSS Feeds. This section covers managing, filtering, and mashing RSS Feeds.
Published on March 24th, 2008 03:21 PM
Updated the pages on finding RSS Feeds using Search, Directories, and other methods.
- Deleted those sites that are now obsolete.
Published on March 23rd, 2008 01:32 AM
- Added Testimonials Page
- Reviewed all the Pages in the Introduction and Overview and made all appropriate changes and updates.
- Updated the information on RSS Feed readers
- Reviewed RSS Readers that go to IM, voice, iPhone, email, and browser tickers
Published on March 22nd, 2008 02:28 AM
Technical Changes
- Changed the entire tutorial to PHP and server side includes
- Added privacy policy
- Added some menu items to the bottom
- Planned for next version
Published on March 21st, 2008 07:05 AM
Introduction and Overview - Changes complete
- Deleted obsolete links
- Added another Intro to RSS Video
- Made sure everything was up to date
Published on July 11th, 2007 11:47 PM
Created an RSS Reference Blog to save articles, tools, and services. It will be the raw material for the Tutorial. It is a place to save information between Tutorial updates. The tutorial now contains a display of the blog.
Published on July 10th, 2007 12:03 AM
- Set up an Amazon astore with RSS Books
Published on July 6th, 2007 07:31 AM
Cleaned up the RSS Feed using RSS2HTML
Cleaned up the template to get rid of all HTML Errors
Added a Favicon - I used the RSS Icon for the Favicon
Added some clarifying text to the Outline to clarify
| Target |
Section |
| Readers |
Use RSS to Stay Current |
| Webmasters |
Use RSS to Create Content |
| Publishers |
Use RSS to Promote Blogs
Use RSS to Promote Websites |
Published on July 5th, 2007 10:23 PM
Infrastructure Changes. Part of changing a website is applying the knowledge gained since the last update.
- I enhanced the CSS to enable print without navigation and ads.
- I organized the folders and the files within the folders.
- The software and services used on the site were checked for new versions.
- All the links were checked.
Published on July 6th, 2007 01:06 PM
Time for another update to the RSS Tutorial. It has been a little over a year since the last update.
- RSS continues to change.
- Changes and corrections are saved over the course of the year, and all of them will now be applied.
- Please send any tools, services, or links you would recommend to have included.
Published on July 3rd, 2007 11:48 PM
The Tutorial is undergoing a revision. Things have changed with RSS: The Tutorial needs to change. The change log will note when a section has been updated.
The "Use RSS to Promote Blogs" section was completely updated. A new lesson was added. It now contains 3 lessons as follows.
- Blog Feed Considerations
- Blog Feed Guidelines
- Blog Feed Promotions
Published on March 26th, 2006 11:40 PM
The Tutorial is undergoing a revision. Things have changed with RSS: The Tutorial needs to change. The change log will note when a section has been updated.
The Use RSS to Create Content lessons have been updated.
Published on March 26th, 2006 07:36 PM
Added information on new tools including:
- Squeet
- FeedRinse
- RaSaSa
- Wiki.co.mments
- RSSMesh
Published on March 25th, 2006 07:29 PM
The Tutorial is undergoing a revision. Things have changed with RSS: The Tutorial needs to change. The change log will note when a section has been updated.
Use RSS to stay current.
Published on March 15th, 2006 12:50 AM
The Tutorial is undergoing a revision. Things have changed with RSS: The Tutorial needs to change. The change log will note when a section has been updated.
The Introduction and Overview lessons have been updated.
Published on March 2nd, 2006 12:10 AM
Added information on a new tool:
RapidFeeds allows anyone to create and manage their own RSS feeds completely and effortlessly. It also gives publishers the freedom to distribute and get their RSS feeds displayed on other websites, while webmasters can customize the whole look and feel of the content displayed
Published on March 1st, 2006 12:06 AM
Added information on a new service called FeedXS.
FeedXS provides a way to generate an RSS feed without a blog or website. It has a clever interface to MSN Messenger.
Published on January 19th, 2006 09:23 PM
Added information on a new tool:
Feed2Podcast will turn your RSS feed into a Podcast by using a text-to-speech program.
Published on January 14th, 2006 02:57 AM
Added the following
Published on January 12th, 2006 10:48 PM
This page was not showing correctly on all browsers.
I simplified the CSS. Now it displays correctly in IE, Netscape, Foxfire and Opera.
Published on January 11th, 2006 11:03 PM
Fixed several problems with the CSS.
- The RSS Tutorial was not showing scroll bars all of the time.
- The Tutorial not displaying properly in Opera and Netscape.
The Problems were caused by inconsistencies in browser support of the CSS for the fixed menu.
The Tutorial now displays correctly in IE, Firefox, Netscape, and Opera.
Published on January 11th, 2006 09:17 PM
Change: Added information on another product - Feed Spring.
Feed Spring is a free program that generates RSS feeds.
Published on December 28th, 2005 04:29 PM
Display of RSS Tutorial RSS Feed.
It provides a course summary and an illustration.
Published on December 27th, 2005 02:06 AM
RSS Tools & Resources
The following is a list of various tools and resources for RSS. The list includes items that I found interesting. It certainly does not pretend to be an exhaustive list. I do include some resources with more comprehensive lists. There is no implied endorsement. As a general rule, I used the words from the product websites to describe the product or service.
Published on December 26th, 2005 04:38 PM
Buttons for RSS, XML, and Feeds.
Published on December 23rd, 2005 02:04 AM
Generating the RSS Feed File
- Generate the RSS Feed file using a program or service.
- Some services that Generate RSS feeds.
- Some programs that Generate RSS feeds.
Published on December 22nd, 2005 10:59 PM
Code an RSS Feed manually.
- Create the RSS Feed file.
- Code the control statements for the RSS feed.
- Code the channel statements for the RSS feed.
- Code the item statements for the RSS feed.
Published on December 21st, 2005 04:22 AM
Some programs read websites and create RSS feeds.
- Programs are available that scrape a website to create a feed
- The Programs in general do not do well trying to decide what is important or "What's New"
- The Programs are controversial because they can be used improperly.
Published on December 20th, 2005 11:41 PM
Considerations for Website Feeds.
- Website feeds entice readers to go to the website.
- Website feeds answer "What's New?" on the website.
- Website feed examples.
- Website feeds have some differences from Blog feeds.
Published on December 5th, 2005 11:41 PM
Encourage your blog visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed. Make it easy for your visitors to subscribe.
- Create a hyperlink on your blog that points to your RSS feed.
- Add special links for various RSS feed readers.
- Describe what RSS is and how it can be used.
Published on November 18th, 2005 03:50 PM
If you have a blog, you should generate an RSS feed. RSS feeds are another tool to bring readers to your blog.
- Select the blog option to generate the RSS feed.
- Verify your blog has autodiscovery parameters.
- Guidelines for blog RSS feeds.
Published on November 17th, 2005 03:42 PM
If you have decided to put content on your website or blog using RSS - you need a script. There are various ways to get a script.
- Write your own script using JavaScript, PHP, ASP or another language.
- Download a general purpose script and customize it.
- Use a service that creates customized scripts.
- Get specific scripts from feed publishers who provide scripts to encourage use of their feeds as content.
Published on November 10th, 2005 01:37 AM
You can use RSS to put content on your website or blog. Usually this means putting headlines or a short paragraph of information on your website or blog with a link back to the original post or article.
Use RSS Feeds to create Content for your website
- Using RSS feeds to create content can provide entire webpages or enriched webpages.
- Using RSS feeds to create content has some issues including copyright, SEO, and technical issues.
- Using RSS feeds to create content demonstrated in some examples. One webpage created entirely from an RSS feed is in the top ten search results from Google.
Using RSS feeds to create content has some issues including copyright, SEO, and technical issues. Using RSS feeds to create content demonstrated in some examples. One webpage created entirely from an RSS feed is in the top ten search results from Google.
Published on November 9th, 2005 01:28 AM
After you have a feed reader, and know how to subscribe to a feed, how do you find feeds?
There are a number of other ways to find RSS feeds on the Internet after you have exhausted Search Engines and Directories.
- RSS Reading Lists
- Relevant Blogs and Popular blogs
- Preset RSS reading lists in RSS Feed Readers
- Google News search
- Yahoo Groups
- Personal web surfing
Published on November 4th, 2005 08:42 PM
After you have an RSS feed reader, and know how to subscribe to an RSS feed, how do you find feeds?
You can find RSS feeds using Blog Directories and RSS Feed Directories.
- Use Blog directories because there is significant overlap between blogs and RSS feeds.
- Use RSS Feed directories for targeted directories.
Published on November 3rd, 2005 07:19 PM
After you have an RSS feed reader, and know how to subscribe to an RSS feed, how do you find feeds?
You can find RSS feeds using Search engines.
- The major search engines have some combination of Blog or Feed Search.
- Blog search engines have significant overlap with RSS Feeds, and can be used to find the majority of feeds.
- RSS feed searches are now available and take various approaches.
Published on November 3rd, 2005 12:50 AM
Once you pick your RSS feed reader, it is time to subscribe to RSS feeds.
To subscribe to an RSS feed:
- Follow the instructions of your RSS feed reader. Each RSS feed reader is different.
- On a website or blog with a feed, find the RSS or XML button, right click, copy link location, and paste the URL into your RSS feed reader.
- On a website or blog with a feed, find the button for your particular RSS Feed Reader, click and follow instructions.
Published on November 1st, 2005 12:54 PM
To subscribe and read RSS feeds you need an RSS feed reader. RSS feed readers are also called News Aggregators, Feed Readers, or Feed Aggregators.
- RSS feed readers subscribe, read and display RSS feeds.
- RSS feed readers are multiplying - there are lots of them.
- RSS feed readers are of various types for individual preferences.
One of the ways to learn about RSS is to pick a reader, subscribe to RSS Feeds, and experience how RSS works.
Published on October 30th, 2005 11:18 PM
RSS can automate web surfing, create a virtual custom newspaper, and help you stay current in your areas of expertise or interest.
- Subscribing to RSS feeds is automated web surfing.
- Subscribing to RSS feeds can create a custom newspaper on your desktop.
- Subscribing to RSS feeds can deliver targeted and timely information.
- Subscribing to RSS feeds allows you to monitor your own RSS feeds.
Published on October 29th, 2005 01:27 PM
What is the relationship between RSS and Blogs, Ezines and Podcasts.
- Blogs and RSS are a natural fit, and many blogs have RSS feeds. Some blogs do not have RSS feeds. Some RSS feeds are created from websites and not from blogs.
- RSS feeds and ezines can share the same purpose - to announce "what's new". They use different technologies. There are reasons to use both.
- A Podcast is an audio file that is attached to an RSS Feed.
Published on October 27th, 2005 10:35 PM
Surveys show that many people use RSS and do not know it. Here are some things to watch for in order to become aware of RSS on the Web.
- Many RSS feeds use orange icons with RSS, XML, or FEED in white letters.
- The Firebox browser signals each time you browse a website with a feed.
- The Google Desktop Sidebar finds RSS Feeds as you surf and displays them.
- Microsoft is asking for comments on new icons for RSS feeds.
Published on October 26th, 2005 08:49 PM
This is how RSS works:
- A website or a blog creates an RSS Feed. Many Blog services automatically create RSS Feeds. RSS Feeds are also created manually or with programs.
- The RSS Feed that is created is an XML file that lives on an Internet server. There are now hundreds of thousands of RSS Feeds sitting on Internet servers waiting patiently for an RSS Reader to subscribe to them.
- The RSS Feed Reader reads the RSS Feed file and displays it. There are various types of readers. There is software that can make any website an RSS Reader.
Published on October 25th, 2005 08:46 PM
RSS is a syndication standard supported by an XML file type.
- RSS Stands for Really Simple Syndication.
- RSS feed is a type of XML file that resides on an internet server.
- RSS is used for the specific purpose or conveying information that a website or blog has been updated.
- RSS is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content.
Published on October 24th, 2005 08:40 PM
RSS is a hot new technology. But what is it good for?
RSS can help us do three things.
- RSS can help find information on the Internet in our areas of expertise or interest.
- RSS can help provide content for websites and blogs.
- RSS can help bring additional traffic to a website or blog.
Published on October 23rd, 2005 08:25 PM
There is a great deal of fuss about RSS
- Each of the three major internet companies (Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft) are rapidly implementing RSS functionality.
- Dozens of RSS tools and products are available.
- The Tech Press and the regular media are publishing about RSS.
- Most media companies have started to use RSS.
This tutorial will explain what the fuss is all about, and how RSS can be helpful to both web surfers and webmasters.
Published on October 22nd, 2005 08:18 PM
Welcome
There are many resources on the Web for RSS. This tutorial emphasis the benefits of RSS, and how they can be realized. This tutorial refers to other sources for RSS History, Background, and Technical specifications.
Published on October 21st, 2005 08:53 PM
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