RSS - Really Simple Syndication - is about sharing content with new
audiences. Lots of websites create RSS feeds so that their audiences can get
updates using their favorite Aggregators (like NetNewsWire). Other websites
collect that content and republish it in new venues, to new audiences, or
just in a different medium. That's what syndication is all about -- sharing.
And since my mamma always taught me sharing is good, I'm gonna share the
secret to putting RSS content onto your web page.
Now, you might have an RSS feed already. However you choose to build that RSS
feed -- from RSS DreamFeeder to FeedForAll to a custom script -- the content
in the feed is intended to let you reach out to a new audience. That audience
has to subscribe to the content, so it might be usefu... (more)
You may have noticed recently that lots of websites now contain little
graphical buttons with the word XML on them. For example: or or . When you
click on the button, all you see is a bunch of jumbled text and computer code
[ed: unless you have a newer web browser or an aggregator]. What's this all
about? It's an RSS feed, and they're changing the way people access the
Internet.
RSS, or... (more)