How Do I Set Up an Automatic RSS Feed on My Web Page?
RSS means "Really Simple Syndication" and it works much like newspaper syndication does. Whenever a writer writes a column, that article goes on every newspaper that belongs to the syndicate Similarly, you can publish syndicated web articles automatically onto your website or blog. You just need to choose some topics you want to display and add simple code given to you by RSS feed programs.
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Download an RSS reader from a website such as RSSReader, Bloglines, or SharpReader (See Resources). Click on "Download" and choose to save the file. Click twice on the downloaded icon to install and follow the onscreen installation directions. The RSS reader allows you to quickly find topics of interest for your website, without your manually having to go through every news article to see if it pertains to your topic.
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Launch your RSS reader. Follow the onscreen instructions to select the topics that best suit your website. The RSS reader will look through major news sources and find headlines that pertain to the topics you have chosen. It will create a summary of the article that you can display on your website. Copy the URL for the article you want to use. You can also search for topics manually by going to topics that interest you and that relate to your site. When you see an orange RSS or XML button displayed on a website, it means the articles from that site can be included in a feed. Copy the URL of the website by highlighting the complete address in the top address bar.
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Use a converter to get the code you need to place on your web page to show news from the URL you have picked from one of the RSS readers. Go to a website such as Feed Informer, RSS Feed Converter or 2RSS. (See Resources.) Paste the URL you copied into the appropriate form. The converters at these sites will give you code to place in your web page.
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Open the web design program you use to create your website. This could be FrontPage, Dreamweaver, or another program. In FrontPage, click on "Insert," then "Web Component" and "HTML markup." Insert the code that you copied in Step 3 at the position you want it to appear. In Dreamweaver, turn your view to "Split," so you can see both the code and design windows. Insert the code at the position you want it to appear.
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