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Just trying to find out more about RSS.
I managed to create an RSS Feed (I Guess) and let's say i was able to create that little orange button that says RSS on it. When i click on this little button it shows me me the XML. So, big deal - now what does it do? Why would someone navigate to my site and say "Cool an RSS Feed". What would they do with that bit of XML?
Just want to know.
GaryB
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format) :o) In short - it's a standardized xml format used by all Blog/News/Feed providers and is readable for client applications called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregator">Aggregators</a>. Jesper
webbureau jesper.com doing webdesign / development / umbraco implementations / 2007&2008 MVP
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As an example: I've personalized my Google start page with a ton of "top 5 newest items" from different websites coming in from those XML-files, or RSS feeds. I have news latest news from different news sites, latest postings from different blogs, the weather for my area, what's on TV right now and much, much more. All presented the way I choose to view it in a way that gives me a quick overview of what's going on. With RSS-feeds you basically give "raw data access" to a selected corner of your website (fx. news section or latest blog postings), and other sites can then use that data to display the latest and most recent info from you in their own way or style. Offcourse there's many, many other ways to use RSS-feeds, this is just a simple and quickly explained example.
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You mention "Weather in your area".
This was my original intent to understand RSS. Our company is creating a desktop application that is basically a weather bug for our ski resort. So i was attempting to discover the best way to feed that to the desktop application. it's not just the current weather though, it also would include our ski conditions, a static snapshot from our webcam, some advertiing banners, and a few other things.
So i'm thinking it would be better to create an XML file instead of a standard RSS. My guess is that i would hand off the XML file i create to our desktop application designers and they would format it to make it fit and look nice within the desktop application.
Is that about right?
GaryB
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And i forgot to mention that it will dynamically update our interactive trail map as well. It's written in Flash and already uses an XML file to display status of trails and lifts. I just have to create an Autoform that can be filled in and create the XML file within Umbraco on a daily basis.
GaryB
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Check out <a href="http://www.netvibes.com">netvibes.com</a> they display RSS feeds nicely, i got a ton of them to check my favourite sites wihtout having to visit each one.
Warren Buckley an Umbraco MVP 08-09 & level 1 certified developer
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