Post edited 3:20 am – October 14, 2009 by admin
Post edited 3:20 am – October 14, 2009 by admin

This video shows you how to make an RSS feed both from coding and using freeware. Click here to download RSS Builder. Below is the and example RSS feed. If you use it as your own template, be sure to change ALL of the information.

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<rss version=”2.0″>
  <channel>
    <title>Tinkernut – Video Cast</title>
    <link>http://www.tinkernut.com</link>
    <description>Video tutorials for the online world! Learn computer tips, photography tips, hacks, cool websites and just about anything else you can think of!</description>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <managingEditor>admin@tinkernut.com</managingEditor>
    <webMaster>admin@tinkernut.com</webMaster>
    <copyright>Copyright (c)2008</copyright>
    <image>
      <title>Tinkernut – Video Cast</title>
      <link>http://www.tinkernut.com</link>
      <url>http://www.tinkernut.com/sm_logo.png</url>
      <width>150</width>
      <height>124</height>
    </image>
    <item>
      <title>Get Microsoft Office For Free Online</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 3 Oct 2009 14:14:33 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.tinkernut.com/archives/1178</link>
      <guid isPermaLink=”true”>http://www.tinkernut.com/archives/1178</guid>
      <author>admin@tinkernut.com</author>
      <comments>http://www.tinkernut.com/archives/1178#comments</comments>
      <category>technology</category>
      <enclosure url=”http://www.tinkernut.com/podcast/208_office_online.mp4″ length=”19741854″ type=”video/mpeg” />
      <description><![CDATA[<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8a_GgIQhQDE"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8a_GgIQhQDE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>
<br>
Find out how to gain access to Microsoft's new Microsoft Office Online feature.]]></description>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

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michelleg said:

Thanks for the video. Something I can't seem to find on the internet or in books is how to properly EDIT an RSS feed. I've created the feed manually using notepad, saved it as an xml file, and uploaded it using FrontPage, which is the web editor we use at work. But how do I edit it?? When I try to delete an old item, it doesn't actually go away. And the new stuff I type doesn't appear the way I type it!

Am I just supposed to leave all the old items in there forever? This is not a blog feed, it is a feed for a page which ocassionally (once a month or so) has new content, that i want users to know about.

I don't know if the problem is the xml, my limited understanding of RSS, or FrontPage.

I'd appreciate any help you can provide!!

you can edit it using the program i suggested in the video. then replace the one on your server.