How to Populate an RSS Feed
When you are running or building a website, your primary concern is creating content that visitors will be interested in seeing. Once you have uploaded the content to your site, the next step is to attract new visitors and entice old visitors to return. One way to do this is through an RSS feed, which is a page on your site that contains information about updates. After you have created an RSS feed for your site, you must populate it with information. This process is similar to designing regular pages in HTML.
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Instructions
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Open your Web editing program, then open the RSS file that you want to populate. RSS files use the XML file extension.
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Add an "<item>" tag underneath the "<description>" tag at the top of the page.
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Type "<title>xxxxxx</title>" underneath the "<item>" tag, then replace the "xxxxxx" with what ever title you want to give to your RSS update.
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Type "<description>xxxxxx</description>" underneath the "<title>" tag, then replace the "xxxxxx" with your desired description for the update.
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Type "<link>xxxxxx</link>" under the "<description>" tag, then replace the "xxxxxx" with the URL to which you want to direct anyone who clicks on the link.
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Type "<lastBuildDate>xxxxxx</lastBuildDate>" under the "<link>" tag, then replace the "xxxxxx" with the date for the update.
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Save the file, then upload it to your Web hosting server.
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Tips & Warnings
Delete any old RSS feed updates in the file that reference a time-sensitive sale or action, as those updates will continue to be displayed on your feed until they are removed.
