Posted by Victory on 12/28/07 03:56

I am going with a hosting company that includes the Wordpress in its
hosting package. But what about the xml file? do I need to keep
updating it? Do I need to go to all of the feed places and input my
xml file there? Isn't there an automated way of doing it?



On Dec 27, 9:11 pm, zara <antiphras...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Dec 26, 11:32 pm, Victory <bionicbud...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Starting a blog - what do I do about feeds?
>
> > I am starting a blog and notice that there are quite a few "feed"
> > places like Yahoo, Odeo, feedburner etc. Is there a way to
> > automatically update each time a new blog or video is put up?
> > I remember someone saying that you have to re-write the XML each time
> > there is an update.
> > Is that true? Is there an automated way of doing it?
> > I know these are a lot of newbie questions, so I hope you don't mind.
>
> > Thanks
>
> Feed publishers like Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, and others provide
> the tools as well as the space. If you're self-hosting it, though,
> you're SOL. Not only that, you're not going to get listed with Yahoo!
> and Odeo, et. al. You have to join them. Membership hath its
> privileges (though in this case, "privilege" might be overstating).

[Back to original message]