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A question for the RSS warrior techies

by Ouroboros
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Okay,

I've been working on an RSS feed that I control so I wrote this:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>This is the RSS Feed title</title>
<description>This is where you describe the feed name</description>
<link>http://www.thesitename.com</link>
<item>
<title>This is the RSS Item title</title>
<description>This is where you describe the feed item</description>
<link>http://www.thesitename.com/valid post name/</link>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

and uploaded it to http://thesitename.com/feedlist/feed

I was able to subscribe to it with the Yahoo aggregator at my yahoo page...

the links are blue and clickable but when I click on them nothing happens.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Steve
#question #rss #techies #warrior
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    Did you try right clicking on them and choosing "open in new window"?
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  • Profile picture of the author David
    Originally Posted by Ouroboros View Post

    Okay,

    I've been working on an RSS feed that I control so I wrote this:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
    <title>This is the RSS Feed title</title>
    <description>This is where you describe the feed name</description>
    <link>http://www.thesitename.com</link>
    <item>
    <title>This is the RSS Item title</title>
    <description>This is where you describe the feed item</description>
    <link>http://www.thesitename.com/valid post name/</link>
    </item>
    </channel>
    </rss>

    and uploaded it to http://thesitename.com/feedlist/feed

    I was able to subscribe to it with the Yahoo aggregator at my yahoo page...

    the links are blue and clickable but when I click on them nothing happens.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Steve
    What if my page is dynamic generated?

    lemme ask this first... LOL

    so, to use this feed, I'd have to create a static page and name it .xml or
    .rss or ... ???

    it looks like code, can the code be embedded into an existing static page?

    or does one make a separate file?

    ...wondering if I'm confusing this with a sitemap.xml


    I left the WF in 2006, had just learned how to edit .cgi scripts and fiddle with perl

    now I gotta learn .php and .xml and ????
    Geez, the learning curve never ends
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  • Profile picture of the author Ouroboros
    I got it working, I had made a minor mistake...

    David,

    Just fill out the blanks as above with a test editor like Notepad and name the file "feed.xml "(or george or paul.xml, don't think it matters). Then when you submit it to the Rss sites they will have a description and title for your static site (the channel), and each of the "items" can be a page, or a blog post, whatever, as long as it has a URL.

    Hope that helps

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author David
      Originally Posted by Ouroboros View Post

      I got it working, I had made a minor mistake...

      David,

      Just fill out the blanks as above with a test editor like Notepad and name the file "feed.xml "(or george or paul.xml, don't think it matters). Then when you submit it to the Rss sites they will have a description and title for your static site (the channel), and each of the "items" can be a page, or a blog post, whatever, as long as it has a URL.

      Hope that helps

      Steve
      ok.. so what if my site is not a 'real site' ??

      it's a dynamic site, there IS no ftp or static page...
      am I SOL?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ouroboros
    You'll have to explain, you have me confused now...
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  • Profile picture of the author David
    My site is dynamically generated.
    I can not upload a file, it's a one page site.

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    I cannot upload a file because there is no file
    there is no ftp

    which is why I chose to use the feedyes.com method of creating an rss feed for my non blog site.
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