Posted by Els on 10/31/05 15:51

Cliff R. wrote:

> Hi, a client of mine is experimenting with RSS feeds on his site. We
> have the content part down OK, but there's one major issue. Once we
> put the feed on our site's server, how does anyone find it? How does
> it get out there to the public's rss readers? What's the step we are
> missing in order for people to know it exists?
>
> If anyone has experience with RSS we'd appreciate whatever light you
> could shed on the subject!
>
> Thanks.

There's two things to do afaik:

1 - add it to the head of the html file in this form:
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS"
href="[url of rss feed]">
That way older FF versions will show an orange link in the bottom
right corner of the window, while the latest FF will show it in the
address bar, just like Opera shows the letters 'RSS' in white on blue
in that place.

2 - place a visible link to the feed on the page. Many people use the
orange XML or RSS button, so by using the same form, makes it obvious
to those who like to read such feeds.

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