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What Does RSS means ?

RSS may mean three different things. The original RSS (RDF Site Summary RSS 0.9) was developed by Dan Libby for Netscape. After a couple of months, there was a simpler and easier to use version called Rich Site Summary or RSS 0.91. He then lost interest, leaving the owner. As more and more users were using RSS, Winer made an adapted version of RSS 0.91 for Userland, claiming it as yours. Later, in 2005, Microsoft developed Really Simple Syndication in relation to its Simple Sharing Extensions.

What is RSS?

RSS is an XML file format for distributing news and content on the web. It is usually used by websites that constantly need to update your content regularly such as news websites (CNN, BBC and Reuters) and weblogs. Since essentially gives you more web traffic, is now more widely used in the marketing, publications and reports of virus. Today, web sites large and small are generally for RSS.

For example, you are an avid baseball fan and you want to share something recent about one player. Other than content, you can also attach multimedia files such as videos or images. By using RSS feeds, other Internet users subscribed to RSS-enabled sites can read your “headline” for free. You can also track changes and updates through news aggregators, which will be discussed later.

How does RSS work?

To use RSS, you must first download a software (content management system), by which XML format can be read. The title and abstract of the article and a link to the full article are shown. Aside from just text, you can also insert multimedia files in RSS feeds like pictures, videos, MP3 and others. Broadcatching, picturecasting, photocasts, and podcasting are some features you can incorporate into your diet, but not be discussed in this article.

For users to access an RSS feed, you need to use an aggregator or feed reader. An aggregator searches for updates on RSS-enabled web pages then displays it. It can be a standalone program or a web browser extension, depending on your operating system. Search engines for web content transmitted by RSS feeds are also available as Plazoo and Feedster.

How can I get an RSS feed?

It’s definitely easier to make an RSS feed if you know HTML. If not, you can join a blog (there are hundreds out there), some of which automatically creates RSS. If you are using a personal website creation, we need to understand more about RSS. Make an RSS feed from scratch is relatively easy.

An RSS feed should always contain an “element”, according to the version of RSS you can use. If you wrote about a recent event in your city or a book review, the content of this article can be a factor. An item is essentially composed of three things: a title, description and link (where they can find their website). In choosing a title and description, use something that will describe the web content best. Although it will be easier for you, does not follow that the title tag of your website and the title of the article is the same.

A theme will look like HTML tags. First, you need to put an opening tag of the channel which defines it as an XML file. Then, label the tag as an item by putting after the channel tag <item>. After that, you can now insert the three essentials of his article: <title>, <description> and <link>. Like HTML, we must close the tag by writing </ channel> and </ rss> at the bottom.

An RSS feed that contains multiple tags looks like this:

xml version = “1.0″?
<rss version=”2.0″>

<channel>

<item>
<title> Belinda by Anne Rice: A Review <Book / title>
<description> If you have not read any books by Anne Rice, however, will be received with surprising formation of romantic relationships between characters just … </ Description>
<link> http://allaboutbookreviews.com/belinda </ link>

<item>
<title> Harry Potter IV: Dark with more deaths </ title>
<description> recent installation of Harry Potter has been dark for younger readers … </ Description>
<link> http://allaboutbookreviews.com/harrypotterandthehalfbloodprince </ link>

</ Channel>

</ Rss>

Now, if you still have difficulty understanding these tags, see the HTML tags tutorial to further understand the concept. Have fun!