RSS Publishing Your Feed
Your RSS document is only useful when others can find it.
Publishing your RSS on the Web
Now 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 extension.
2. Validate your RSS file. (You canhttp://www.feedvalidator.orgfind a good validator).
3. Upload the RSS file to the web directory on your web server.
4. Copy this small orange button
or
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 look like this:
<a href="../feed.html"> <img src="../images/rss.gif" width="36" height="14"> </a>
6. Submit your RSS feed to RSS Feed directories. Be careful! The feed URL is not your page, but the URL that points to your feed, such as "http://www.example.com/feed". Here are some free RSS aggregation services:
7. Register your feed with important search engines:
8. Update your feed - Now you have RSS feed buttons from Google, Yahoo, and MSN. Please be sure to update your content regularly and keep your RSS feed available for the long term.
Can I maintain the RSS feed myself?
The best way to ensure that the RSS feed works the way you expect is to maintain it yourself.
However, this is time-consuming, especially for a large amount of updating work.
An alternative is to use a third-party automatic RSS.
Automatic RSS
For users who only need an RSS feed for a personal website, some popular blog (Web Log) managers provide built-in RSS services:
Other extensions