RSS Feed Reader
What Is It?
An RSS feed is a list of news, articles, web sites, or other syndicated content. Our RSS Feed Reader is a simple script that will “read” the content of any given feed and display it on your web page. Its display is customizable, but it is basically a list of hyperlinks and descriptions which give your site dynamic content for search engines. The RSS Feed Reader will read static feeds that are updated on a regular basis, and it is also possible to read from a “keyword based” feed like the ones offered by Google, MSN, and Yahoo. The purpose of a keyword based feed is to use a major search engine to search for syndicated content out on the web that contains your specified keywords.
Integration
The RSS Feed Reader is a script written in PHP, ASP, or Cold Fusion (see requirements) that is most often added as a new page to your web site. It may also be added to your site as part of an existing page, but this is much less common. After you determine which feed(s) you’d like displayed, and/or which keywords you are searching the web for, the code is added to your site and it’s done!
Requirements
- Server support for a scripting language: PHP, ASP, or Cold Fusion
- For a static feed: your static feed URL(s). These generally look like:
http://www.example.com/feed.xml
http://www.example.com/feed.rss
- For a keyword based feed: a list of desired keywords or phrases that the RSS Feed Reader will search the web for.Example: “risk management,” or “science and technology,” or “chimney cleaning,” etc…
Examples
The following is an example of a static feed from the NASA web site (http://www.nasa.gov/rss/breaking_news.rss).
We are limiting the number of result “articles” to 5.
NASA Breaking News
A RSS news feed containing the latest NASA news articles and press releases.
- NASA Selects Vibration Test Capability Contractor
NASA has selected Benham Constructors LLC to design, build and commission a vibration and acoustic test capability that will support development of the Orion crew exploration vehicle.- NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour Set to Land Tuesday
The Endeavour crew, led by Commander Scott Kelly, is scheduled to complete a 13-day mission to the ISS with a landing at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Aug. 21.- Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years of Flight
NASA’s two venerable Voyager spacecraft are celebrating three decades of flight as they head toward interstellar space.- Education Research Program Award Recipients
NASA has awarded more than $17 million to institutions nationwide to help make significant contributions to the research and technology priorities of the agency.- Shuttle Endeavour, Space Station Crew News Conference
The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Endeavour and the International Space Station will participate in a news conference at 12:34 p.m. CDT on Friday, Aug. 17.
The following is an example of a keyword based feed that uses the MSN search engine. It searches for syndicated content on the web containing the phrase “web design.”
We are limiting the number of result “articles” to 4.
Live Search News: web design
Search results
- 35 Great Web Design Tips
NetGuide Web – Before you even begin to build your Web site, consider a few very important points. Who is your target audience? What level of computing experience and computer hardware do they have? What content do you have, and how best can you sectionalise it so …- Web Design and screen sizes
Digital Spy – Is it safe to design a website which has pages with a fixed width of 1024 pixals. I understood that the optimum was something like 780 pixals in the past so it could fit on most screens. Depends on what sort of site and who will be using it. Tech …- Innovative websites recognised at WA Web Awards
News.com.au – Small graphic design studio, Moments of Colour Design, which produces cards and invitations, won the “Fast-Hit Most Outstanding” award for their own website. The dinner and presentation on Friday night, the 17th of August, was an official event …- Beware These Six Lamest Social Networks
Wired News – Beautiful People ( us.beautifulpeople.net ) What it is A network you have to be voted into based on your appearance Who you’ll meet Narcissists, liars What’s annoying “Looks matter,” as the saying goes, but not, apparently, when it comes to Web design. …
