Creating RSS Feeds

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[edit] Overview

RSS feeds provide an easy way to list changes and new articles on your site so that others will know when it has been updated. ZebraDots Website 2.0 natively supports creating RSS feeds for use by other sites and RSS browsers.

[edit] Important Note

This information is for creating RSS feeds based on your website content, not displaying them. Displaying the encoded XML feeds requires an external script, browser, or module that is not provided by ZebraDots.

[edit] How To Use RSS Feeds

  1. Log in to edit your website's
  2. Click "Pages" to see the list of pages
  3. Create or edit a page that contains a News section (most sections are WYSIWYG)
  4. Go to this page and make note of the "?page_id=XX" number (e.g. 12) in your browser's address bar (you need this later!)
  5. Add a test news or blog post to your News page
  6. The URL for the RSS feed is http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/modules/news/rss.php?page_id=XX (replace YOURDOMAIN.COM with your actual domain, and replace XX with the numeric page_id determined earlier)
  7. The RSS feed URL can now be published or advertised however you wish. Many sites link to the RSS feed using common RSS feed icons like these.
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