How do I create a RSS feed?

nukenate · 08-23-2008, 11:42 AM

I have a modest political website, and in order to boost traffic I would like to create a podcast. Instead of using a 3rd party to do (due to their annoying self advertisements) I would like to do it myself. It seems to me all that I need to do is create a RSS Feed on its own page in my website, and podcast friendly programs will just pull it from there (Zune Marketplace, iTunes, ext.)

Any person or place that could help? My search has been fruitless.
Oh, and my budget is "nada to a dollar a year" aka nada.

nukenate · 08-23-2008, 11:51 AM

Oh, and I have "Audacity" if that helps, and I assume it does.

nukenate · 08-24-2008, 07:35 AM

No? Nothing? I feel so very sad.

**koala** · 08-24-2008, 07:57 AM

Hi, welcome to TSF

Sorry for the lack of replies. It's the weekend, so people are probably away.

OurMedia

Quote:

* Create your own channels
* Upload your work to multiple sites
* You own your media - no lock-ins

RSS Feed Creator

Quote:

Jitbit RSS Feed Creator is an RSS feed editor software, which allows creating, modifying, viewing and publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. The program is extremely easy to use and allows professional RSS feed creation with minimal effort.

Simply enter the information you want to broadcast to the Net (by filling fields on a form), and RSS Creator will generate and publish an RSS feed for you.

What kind of help do you need with Audacity?

nukenate · 08-25-2008, 07:47 AM

Huzzah! A post! I don't need help with audacity, Just letting yall know that I have it!
I probably will not use the RSS Feed Creator ($30!), but I'm looking at "Ourmedia". Thank you tremendously.

nukenate · 08-25-2008, 09:04 AM

Could someone explain what this means?

manicfal · 08-26-2008, 05:35 PM

looks like the third party software (your rss feeder creater) has the ability to upload your published rss feed directly to your site, its asking for the ftp details in order to upload the file directly onto your website.

if you are hosting your site, with a third party, they provide you with ftp details in order for you to upload you files directly onto you webserver. If you host the site locally I.e its on your machine, you can ignore it publish the file locally, then copy it to your relvent directory.

manicfal · 08-26-2008, 05:48 PM

sorry my last reply might not have made a lot of sense,

Lets start with FTP(filel transfer protocol)
some people who develop website, host the sites on a third part webserver e.g fasthost, hotchilli etc etc, often a big servers with lots of bandwidth to cope with traffic demands often connected to the interent with high speed lines.

these servers are often not local to the users own network, so in order to publish the site onto the thirdparty webserver they transmit the finished site via ftp there are neumours ftp sofwares out there.

so starting from the top
FTP server addres = would be the address of the ftp third party server,
Port = the default port is 21 for FTP but the third party could insist on using a different one

login = would be your username for you ftp account
password = would be password
reomte dir = the remote directory in wich the rss would be placed
remote file name = what you want to call your published rss file

nukenate · 08-31-2008, 08:58 AM

Thanks, I'm just waiting for a reply about the FTP adress from my host.

08-23-2008, 11:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
nukenate Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	How do I create a RSS feed? I have a modest political website, and in order to boost traffic I would like to create a podcast. Instead of using a 3rd party to do (due to their annoying self advertisements) I would like to do it myself. It seems to me all that I need to do is create a RSS Feed on its own page in my website, and podcast friendly programs will just pull it from there (Zune Marketplace, iTunes, ext.) Any person or place that could help? My search has been fruitless. Oh, and my budget is "nada to a dollar a year" aka nada.

08-23-2008, 11:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
nukenate Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	Re: How do I create a RSS feed? Oh, and I have "Audacity" if that helps, and I assume it does.

08-24-2008, 07:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
nukenate Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	Re: How do I create a RSS feed? No? Nothing? I feel so very sad.

08-25-2008, 07:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
nukenate Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	Re: How do I create a RSS feed? Huzzah! A post! I don't need help with audacity, Just letting yall know that I have it! I probably will not use the RSS Feed Creator ($30!), but I'm looking at "Ourmedia". Thank you tremendously.

08-26-2008, 05:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
manicfal Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 8 OS: XP SP2	Re: How do I create a RSS feed? looks like the third party software (your rss feeder creater) has the ability to upload your published rss feed directly to your site, its asking for the ftp details in order to upload the file directly onto your website. if you are hosting your site, with a third party, they provide you with ftp details in order for you to upload you files directly onto you webserver. If you host the site locally I.e its on your machine, you can ignore it publish the file locally, then copy it to your relvent directory.

08-26-2008, 05:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
manicfal Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: sheffield Posts: 8 OS: XP SP2	Re: How do I create a RSS feed? sorry my last reply might not have made a lot of sense, Lets start with FTP(filel transfer protocol) some people who develop website, host the sites on a third part webserver e.g fasthost, hotchilli etc etc, often a big servers with lots of bandwidth to cope with traffic demands often connected to the interent with high speed lines. these servers are often not local to the users own network, so in order to publish the site onto the thirdparty webserver they transmit the finished site via ftp there are neumours ftp sofwares out there. so starting from the top FTP server addres = would be the address of the ftp third party server, Port = the default port is 21 for FTP but the third party could insist on using a different one login = would be your username for you ftp account password = would be password reomte dir = the remote directory in wich the rss would be placed remote file name = what you want to call your published rss file

08-31-2008, 08:58 AM	#9 (permalink)
nukenate Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium SP1	Re: How do I create a RSS feed? Thanks, I'm just waiting for a reply about the FTP adress from my host.