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ItemsIf you want to develop your RSS feed using a text editor like Notepad, JEdit, Topstyle, and Textpad you will need to know about the very basic element of RSS files, which are items. An item is simply a webpage you want to link to. Items within an RSS feed are usually connected in some way and have a common or similar theme. Each item contains a:
To make a sample item let’s use the following content of a make believe webpage. Apple iPhone Unveiled Steve Jobs has finally unveiled the new Apple iPhone. The phone is a mobile phone, ipod, and PDA in one. http://mobilephoneenthusiast.com/iphone.html To make the title, description, and link part all you need to do is enclose each part with the appropriate tags both at the beginning and the end. For title it is <title> and </title>. For description it is <description> and</description>. And for link it is <link> and </link>. Hence we get: <title>Apple iPhone Unveiled</title> To finish making this specific item you then need to identify it as an item simply by enclosing the entire think with an <item> at the beginning and an</item> at the end. <item> Making an item is as simple as that. If you want to include more than one item in your RSS feeds all you need to do is simply add more items with newer items placed on top of the older items. For example: <item> <item>
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