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  • HTML Character Entities, Problems For RSS Readers
    It appears that HTML entities can cause RSS/syndication readers to fail when trying to read WordPress comment RSS feeds. Fortunately, a plugin has been written to resolve the issue. Entity 2NCR has a confusing name, but has a purpose that is easy to understand which is to convert various HTML Character Entities to their numeric equivalents.

    HTML Explained

    The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a simple markup language used to create hypertext documents that are platfor...
  • RSS: The Basics All Bloggers Should Know
    Blogs are making it possible for all of the world’s information to be accessible. But keeping up-to-date with the multitude of information you are interested in can be overwhelming. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the freshest news and content delivered directly to you without having to surf from one blog to another? RSS informs you when blogs have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and blog entries be they text, audio files, photographs or video in one screen as...
  • Google’s Online Feed Reader Application
    Nothing is more frustrating than being inundated with information from the blogging community when you are clueless as how to manage all these content especially the ones you are interested in. In this regard, Google’s online feed reader application, Google Reader, can be of great help. Google Reader will keep track of all these fresh contents (feeds) making it easier to keep up with your ever-increasing list of contents from across the blogosphere.

    Feeds, Feed Readers – T...
  • RSS Usability Problems And Solutions
    RSS is a family of web-feed formats that is used for web syndication. It can also be used by news websites, weblogs and podcasting, among others. The acronym can refer to various standards such as Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0), Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91 and RSS 1.0) and the RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and RSS 1.0)

    RSS Backgrounder

    Several similar formats already existed for syndication before RSS, but none was able to achieve widespread popularity or are still in ...
  • Are Partial Feeds Worth It?
    True to its nature, the blogosphere never runs out of interesting debates. One such debate raging on is over partial feeds. There are differing views on whether feeds should contain excerpts of an article referred to as partial feeds only. Are partial feeds worth using?

    RSS Feeds – A Brief Background

    Gone are the days when your web ritual includes logging on the URLs of the sites you visit everyday to catch up on the latest news or happenings. Some of these sites are on...
  • 10 Of The Best RSS Tips
    RSS is not for everybody in the same way as all other mediums of technology are. However by far, RSS is considered the most reliable content delivery channel there is. It is also believed to be able to increase search engine rankings, enhance e-mail marketing and builds on that relationship, generates media coverage through content syndication, develop on-line conversations and a whole lot more of possibilities. As such, its users should be able to maximize its use for their ...
  • Combining Subscribe Button With A Help Button
    Most sites, especially blogs have feeds associated with them, but Internet users do not know what a feed is or how to use it. You’ve probably seen the little orange button with white writing (XML,RSS, Feeds, Syndicate This Site) on a web page or blog post. If you are a non-techie, you must have wondered what this little button is for. To ensure that Internet users know what a feed is, Dave Winer, RSS creator, advocates the use of one simple and universal button Subscribe, whi...

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