RSS Javascript : Tutorial

Use A Simple Javascript To Syndicate Your RSS Feed on Other Websites

Post an RSS javascript code on your website that lets other webmasters display your news feed and on their site.

Not all webmaster's have the capability to import RSS/XML pages directly to their websites.  Those that do have enough savvy to pick up the address of your xml page directly.

But anybody can put a simple rss javascript code on their pages to display your news!

To create the javascript code for other webmaster, you can use a free service on the web called:

Here are the steps to make it happen!

Step 1. Go to RSS Digest (opens to a new window)

On the home page of this website, find the blue box and insert the xml URL from your RSS/xml page. Be sure to include the entire URL starting with http://

Click on the "Create the code" button.

Step 2. Enter the url of the home page of your RSS feed in the first box.

It is mandatory that you enter your email but I found they did not bug me with emails.

You can changed the feed settings if you wish.  Cache time doesn't need to be changed. Max items indicates how many entries you want to be displayed on the other webmaster's website.  Output method should remain the same.

Step 3. For Appearance, I would select the option that creates a feed with description. All the other options just create a list of links and you want more than that to interest the readers of the feed.

Step 4. Click on the "Create code button."

Note: You may use the options to stylize your feed output to include more than just the standard title and description by clicking on the link in this create code box.

A window opens and shows you how to insert code to make this happen so study it for what you want your feed to look like on other websites. Remember, they have a forum at the the RSS Digest website for any help you may need.

Step  5. The next screen is the code that you will want to place on your information page for the other webmasters to pick up and put on their website.

Step 6.  To insert the javascript code from Step. 5 into your page, you will need to place it inside a form box.

Use this code to do this:

<form><textarea rows="5" cols="81">
INSERT JAVASCRIPT CODE HERE</textarea></form>

Now, other webmaster's can pick up the RSS javascript code and put your RSS feed on their website!