Publish Your Feed with RSS

It is only useful when others can find your RSS document.

Publish your RSS on the Web

It's time to upload your RSS file to the web. Here are the specific steps:

1. Name your RSS. Note that the file must have a .xml suffix.

2. Validate your RSS file. (You can http://www.feedvalidator.org Find a good validator).

3. Upload the RSS file to the web directory on your web server.

4. Place this small orange button Or Copy to your web directory.

5. Place this small button on the page where you want to provide RSS to the outside world. Then add a link to the RSS file to this button. The code should be similar to this:

<a href="www.codew3c.com/rss/myfirstrss.xml">
< img src="www.codew3c.com/rss/rss.gif" width="36" height="14">
</a>

6. Submit your RSS feed to an RSS Feed Directory. Note! The URL of the feed is not your page, but the URL pointing to your feed, like "http://www.codew3c.com/rss/myfirstrss.xml". Here are some free RSS aggregation services:

7. Register your feed on important search engines:

8. Update Your Feed - Now you have obtained RSS feed buttons from Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Please make sure to update your content regularly and keep your RSS feed available in the long term.

Can I maintain the RSS feed myself?

The best way to ensure that your RSS feed works as expected is to maintain it yourself.

However, this can be time-consuming, especially for large amounts of updates.

An alternative is to use a third-party automatic RSS.

Automatic RSS

If you do not want to update your RSS feed yourself, there are some tools and services that can do the work automatically for you, such as:

  • MyRSSCreator - Provide automatic and reliable RSS service within 10 minutes
  • FeedFire - Provide free RSS feed creation and distribution

For users who only need an RSS feed for personal websites, some popular blog (Web Log) managers can provide built-in RSS services: