What is RSSup?
RSSup is an ASP script that allows webmaster who already generate an RSS .91 feed for Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Novobot
What if you could see all the news in one place? What if you could read your news feeds just as you read a newspaper, article after article, and quickly browse through Continue reading
Manila
UserLand’s Manilawebsite and weblog publishing system makes it simple for anyone to create and use web content, collaborate on projects, manage online discussion Continue reading
Radio UserLand
Radio UserLand is a unique and powerful web publishing and weblog tool with advanced features such as an integrated news aggregator, Continue reading
FeedReader
What is Feedreader?
Feedreader is a free lightweight aggregator that supports RSS and ATOM formats. It works under Windows 98 and later versions. Continue reading
FeedDemon for Windows
Looking for a great way to view and manage your RSS feeds from your desktop? Look no further than FeedDemon, the most popular Windows RSS reader. The easy-to-use Continue reading
AmphetaDesk
AmphetaDesk is a free, cross platform, open-sourced, syndicated news aggregator – it obediently sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news that interests you, and Continue reading
Straw
A feed aggregator for open source desktops.
The current stable version of Straw is 0.26. Check out the project page for previous stable releases. Continue reading
NetNewsWire for Mac
Looking for an easy-to-use RSS and Atom reader for the Mac? You’ve found it! The “Eddy” award-winning NetNewsWire has a familiar three-paned interface – similar to Apple Continue reading
Can I put html in the title or description?
Morbus Iff wrote:
> Should HTML in RSS *always* be encoded to its entity? (< , etc.)?
No, not always. Continue reading
Can I get the specifications changed?
Be very careful about what you wish for. Part of the reason for the success of RSS is that it is a very simple but also stable specification. However, it’s not completely static and there are initiatives to evolve it and move it forward.
The main forums for discussion and evolution of the specifications are:-
YahooGroups Syndication List The main meeting place for developers. YahooGroups ReallySimpleSyndication List A Userland initiative to create an 0.93 spec. YahooGroups RSS 1.0 development List The RSS 1.0 RDF development group.
Which standard is most widely used?
Some analysis has been done of feeds, and by far the most widely implemented is 0.91 Continue reading
How do I promote my RSS feed?
If you don’t let people know that you create RSS, you can’t expect them to read it. Websites should create an information page, about syndicating their headlines. Continue reading
How can I check that my new RSS feed is valid?
RSS Validators:
http://aggregator.userland.com/validator (RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/rss_validator/1.0/ (RSS 1.0)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccslrd/rss_validator/ (RSS 0.9)
0.9x infoSchematron Validator for RSS An RSS schema written in Schematron. It supports 0.9x and 1.0.
Redland RSS 1.0 Viewer (RSS 1.0) is RSS->HTML converter, but acts as validator also.
Producing RSS
Why should I produce it?
Syndicating headlines is an excellent and cost-effective way of driving traffic to, Continue reading
How do I find RSS feeds?
See also Distributing lists of feeds and Slash Style Sites.
Lists of RSS sources
NewsIsFree A large site that collects RSS and publishes feeds it finds. Continue reading
Reading RSS
Why should I read it?
RSS provides an easy to manage way of collecting headlines, links and Continue reading
Acronyms – What does RSS mean?
According to UserLand, “There is no consensus on what RSS stands for, so it’s not an acronym, it’s a name.” I’ve seen the following:-
Really Simple Syndication Rich Site Summary R(DF) Site Summary Rich Site Syndication Rich Syndication Standard
And no doubt many others. I like the first of these, but the others have merit too.Since the split in the community between the 0.9 development and the 1.0 development, there has been talk of giving new names for each fork but retaining RSS for 0.91 and earlier. But there hasn’t been consensus on this, so for the moment, everyone continues to use “RSS” for all of it.
What is it?
Websites that publish new content regularly usually provide a list of news headline style links to their latest content. In addition to displaying these headlines on their own Continue reading
iPod software now lets you read more RSS items
A favorite shareware program of mine that adds all kinds of information to your iPod has raised the number of RSS feed items it can handle. Pod2Go, which has been a Mac product Continue reading
Windows Live improves RSS reading
Microsoft’s Windows Live has just improved its RSS feed reading feature and supposedly now lets you import your OPML files. But the biggest news is that a new toolbar is due out Continue reading
eBay expands RSS feeds to searches
eBay has recently added RSS feeds to its search results, allowing users to track their favorite auction items in their news readers. Given that most RSS readers only check for Continue reading
RSS Version history
RSS Remixers
Simply put, RSS Re-mixers allow you take multiple feeds and re-mix them into one new feed.
Advanced RSS2Web – helps you to download newsfeeds in RSS and XML format, reformat them Continue reading
RSS Parsers
CaRP: Caching RSS Parser – This PHP script retrieves an RSS feed from a remote server, parses, reformats and displays it, and keeps a cached copy of the reformated text Continue reading