We previously looked at the contents of
a typical RSS feed file, so let's now look at how the RSS channel editor has
formatted the data we just entered.
<rss
version="0.91">
-
<channel>
<title>my rss
feed</title>
<link>https://www.pcstats.com</link>
<description>beginner's
guide to RSS: Test
feed.</description>
<language>en-us</language>
-
<item>
<title>pcstats
rss
test</title>
<link>https://www.pcstats.com</link>
<description>
check
out pcstats.com for the best in computer technology news, reviews and
guides
</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
as you can see, the layout of the items
is very straightforward. the only significant addition the channel editor made
besides placing the correct tags was to add the 'RSS version' notification to
the top of the file, identifying it as an RSS version 0.91 XML file.
You can quite easily add new items
within this file by copying and pasting a whole '- ' section like
this:
<item>
<title>pcstats rss
test</title>
<link>https://www.pcstats.com</link>
<description>
check
out pcstats.com for the best in computer technology news, reviews and
guides
</description>
</item>
and then simply changing the text in
between the tags.
now all that remains is to post your
rss 
feed file on an appropriate area of your site and keep it updated. Best practice
for this is to provide a link to the RSS file from the home page of your site,
illustrated with an appropriate word or symbol, like 'RSS', 'XML', or any of the
feed graphics we showed above.
To update the file, use the RSS Channel
Editor to load your RSS file then add new items with the 'new item' entries near
the top. Copy and paste the new generated file over your old one to complete the
update. Otherwise, you can edit the RSS file directly using notepad and your
newfound knowledge.
There's a lot more to RSS and RSS feeds
than the basics we've covered here, but if you are interested, you now know
everything you need to start exploring deeper into the world of RSS
syndication.
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