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How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed

Author Mark Woodman
Release Date: 2006/11/01
ISBN: 9780596529383
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Book Description

The little orange feed icons are everywhere on the web. From search engines to shopping sites to blogs, Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) has become one of the hottest web technologies going. RSS 2.0 is a powerful - yet surprisingly easy - way to distributing timely content to a web-based audience.

This Short Cut will give you the hands-on knowledge you need to build an RSS 2.0 feed. Along the way you'll learn not only the mechanics of building a feed, but industry-accepted best practices for creating feeds that perform well in various situations. Are you ready? Roll up your sleeves, crack open a text editor, and let's build some feeds.

Table of Contents

  1. How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed
    1. How an RSS Feed Works
      1. RSS and Other Syndicated Feed Formats
      2. XML: The Foundation of RSS
        1. The basics of XML
        2. Digging further into XML
        3. XML and the RSS 2.0 specification
        4. The RSS Advisory Board
    2. Anatomy of an RSS 2.0 Feed
      1. The RSS Document
        1. The channel element
          1. The title element
          2. The link element
          3. The description element
          4. A quick review
          5. The category element
          6. The cloud element
          7. The copyright element
          8. The docs element
          9. The generator element
          10. The image element
          11. The language element
          12. The lastBuildDate element
          13. The managingEditor element
          14. The pubDate element
          15. The rating element
          16. The textInput element
          17. The ttl element
          18. The webMaster element
          19. Another quick review
        2. The item element
          1. The author element
          2. The category element
          3. The comments element
          4. The description element
        3. The enclosure element
        4. The guid element
        5. The link element
        6. The pubDate element
        7. The title element
        8. The source element
      2. Putting It All Together
      3. Roll Up Your Sleeves
    3. RSS Best Practices
      1. Cascading Style Sheets in RSS
      2. JavaScript in RSS
      3. Validating Your RSS Feed
    4. Browser-Friendly Feeds
      1. Using XSLT
      2. Third-Party Hosting
    5. Building RSS in Code
      1. PHP 4
      2. Java 1.4 with JAXP
      3. Java 1.4 with ROME
      4. Podcasting with RSS
    6. Modules and Extensions for RSS
      1. Dublin Core
      2. Content
      3. CommentAPI
      4. Geo
      5. Apple iTunes
    7. Great Ideas for Using RSS
      1. Blog Engines
      2. News
      3. Shopping
      4. Government and Public Service
      5. Weather Updates
    8. Index of Terms
      1. About the Author
    9. About the Author
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