I concur on the Webmonkey article. Good intro, and enough to get enough info to actually build an RSS feed from whatever language you like (basically, the article describes the framework of RSS - you pick the language to populate that framework).
And yes, VALIDATE. That's a must. One problem I had with the RSS feed is (no surprise) the date format - dates are always a mess with any coding (not an integer or whatever, and there are a million date formats). The article didn't really touch on this, but since it's so specific to language/database one is using, it's probably a good thing that it didn't. >Hi > > >Check out this article on webmonkey for a plain English Introduction to >RSS. > >http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/03/17/index3a.html?tw=authoring > >For people signed up to multiple newsletters and constantly checking an >abundance of Blogs/developer sites RSS is a God send. > >Also for a simple to use and good newreader checkout Newsgator. >(www.newsgator.org) > >HTH > >Kola > >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: 18 August 2003 22:00 >>> To: CF-Talk >>> Subject: ot: real simple syndication (rss) >>> >>> I realize this is off-topic, but at the moment, my take on it is that >>> real simple syndication is real stupid for something that seems to be >so >>> widely talked about and/or used. I mean, I see people putting RSS >stuff >>> on their blogs and whatnot all the time, so yesterday I tried to do >the >>> same 'cause a friend of mine mentioned wanting to be able to read the >>> onTap framework blog on the bus on his way to work. All seemed well >>> except that where he's able to use hyperlinks from other folks rss >feeds, >>> he doesn't seem to be able to use any of mine. So I went looking for >an >>> rss reader to see if I could duplicate the problem. And what I've >found >>> is that, although there seems to be a "work group" for RSS, the vast >>> majority of RSS information on the web is found in unnoficial >(looking ?) >>> sites with lots of circular links to poorly written documents which >don't >>> really explain it, FAQ's that don't exist, and web pages containing >only >>> the word "manganese" (try http://blogspace.com/rss/ and hit the first >>> link at the top that says "Content Syndication with XML and RSS >weblog"). >>> The only xml schemas I've been able to find for rss (though xsd is >_the_ >>> standard for defining xml dialects like rss) were not only written in >an >>> old version of xsd, but also didn't validate as a result of using >>> elements that didn't exist in the xsd or an xsd referenced by >namespace. >>> >>> Anyway... If anybody on the list has any "real simple" rss >information >>> (as opposed to the really incomplete, really complicated, really >>> undocumented, really broken and really not well maintained rss info >I've >>> found), I'd be greatly appreciative. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Isaac >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
