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
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How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed
- How an RSS Feed Works
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Anatomy of an RSS 2.0 Feed
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The RSS Document
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The channel element
- The title element
- The link element
- The description element
- A quick review
- The category element
- The cloud element
- The copyright element
- The docs element
- The generator element
- The image element
- The language element
- The lastBuildDate element
- The managingEditor element
- The pubDate element
- The rating element
- The textInput element
- The ttl element
- The webMaster element
- Another quick review
- The item element
- The enclosure element
- The guid element
- The link element
- The pubDate element
- The title element
- The source element
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The channel element
- Putting It All Together
- Roll Up Your Sleeves
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The RSS Document
- RSS Best Practices
- Browser-Friendly Feeds
- Building RSS in Code
- Modules and Extensions for RSS
- Great Ideas for Using RSS
- Index of Terms
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: How to Build an RSS 2.0 Feed
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2006
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596529383
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