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RSS feeds have made it so convenient to gather current
information. If you have an RSS Reader on your desktop,
then from this one window you can get up-to-date information
from any sources of your choice, such as:
1.Latest news from news agencies
2.Last articles published on ezines such as this one
3.New products at retail outlets
4.New movie reviews
5.Recent entries in blogs
The list is endless, but you get the idea.
How would you like to give this convenience to the
visitors of your website? Your visitors can see RSS
feeds with latest info right on your web page instead
of going from site to site. And it is very easy to
install.
Before you start I suggest that you see some sites
which display RSS feeds just to get a feel of it.
You can see your My.Yahoo page from where you can
subscribe to any RSS feed you want. Or, if you like,
you can see some popular feeds on my website:
http://sanjay-j.com/feed.html
Ok, let's get started with these easy steps.
1.Click open this page :
http://www.feedroll.com/rssviewer/
2.From "Step One" of this page select just
one RSS feed out of the dropdown list.
3.Lower on the page in "Step Two" you will
see some options. In these options you can fill in
your values or leave them at default setting.
4.Click on update button.
5.A similar looking page opens. Down below on this
page in "Step Three" there is a code which
has to be installed on your website. Copy this code
and paste it on a text editor. On right side of the
page you can see how the feed will look on your page.
6.Go to step 2 and select some other RSS feeds. Repeat
steps 3 to 5 and you will have a collection of codes
to be installed on your website.
7.Select the web page where you want to install RSS
feeds. I would suggest creating a new page exclusively
for RSS feeds.
8.Decide the location on the web page for installing
RSS feed. In the HTML code of the web page, paste
one of the codes of RSS feeds at the location you
have decided.
9.See how RSS feeds looks on your page. You will
need to be connected to the net to see the feeds.
You can make necessary corrections until you get the
right appearance.
10.Add all other RSS feed codes below the first one.
Separate each code with breaks. This will put all
the feeds in one column.
So that's it. Simple steps. This will display some
popular RSS feeds on your web site using Java. From
this starting point you can think of installing other
Java scripts or PHP scripts to display any RSS feeds
of your choice.
About the Author:
Sanjay Johari contributes articles regularly to several
ezines. See his site for articles and other information
relating to small business.
http://sanjay-j.com/ |
