A Full RSS Template File to Create Your Very Own RSS Feed

This is a "medium level" RSS template. Here we add some more Channel information plus the CDATA command along with the rest of item commands. This template is without the "enclosure" command. My previous article had the basic bare-bones template and my next one will have a template you can use for Podcasting or Videocasting.

You can easily copy and paste this into a template. If you are not a techie and dealing with XML for the first time, use a decent text only editor, unless you can use FrontPage or DreamWeaver or a dedicated XML editor. Be careful of any extra charcters that you may sneak in with your typing, and remember not to touch the opening or closing brackets. If you do not know what you are doing do NOT touch the first three lines. The line beginning with the "channel" element is where you should begin to substitute the information on your feed.

Below we have two items in this channel. You can of course add as many items as your heart desires. Just keep on adding the entire section of beginning and ending with

<item></item>

and filling in the information.

First a template with information and then a template without. (The editing software forces an empty line between each command however in your Feed you should not have any empty lines. Just delete the lines with no information if you copy & paste)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/css' ?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<channel>

<title>Randy Pandy's Perfumery</title>

<description>RSS Feed for The Great Perfume Products Sold At Randy's Pandy's Perfumery</description>

<copyright>Copyright 2006 Randy Pandy's Perfumery - All Rights Reserved</copyright>

<link>http://www.randypandy.com</link>

<language>en-us</language>

<managingEditor>randypandy@randypandy.com (Randy Pandy)</managingEditor>

<webMaster>webmaster@randypandy.com (Pandy Randy)</webMaster>

<pubdate>Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubdate>

<category>Ecommerce</category>

<pubdate>Mon, 5 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubdate>

<lastBuildDate>Sun, 4 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>

<image>

<title>Randy Pandy's Perfumery</title>

<width>142</width><height>99</height>

<link>http://www.randpandy.com</link>

<url>http://www.randpandy.com/images/randylogo.jpg</url>

</image>

<Item>

<title>Heaven Scent Perfume At 50% Discount</title>

<link>http://www.randypandy.com/perfumes/heavenscent.html</link>

<description>[CDATA[<img border="0" src="http://www.randypandy.com/perfumes/heaven.JPG" width="138"

height="180"/></a><p> Heaven Scent Perfume the Smell your lover will die for. Created especially by Skunk

Perfumes it is their newest and best selling perfume on the market today. Purchase a beautifully shaped skunk

bottle with this incredible perfume and get a whopping 50% off! And if you purchase over $100 we will throw in

Free overnight delivery as well! randypandy.com - All Perfumes You Can Ever Desire <br

clear=all>]]</description>

<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<author>sandy@randypandy.com Sandy Pandy - The Queen of Scent)</author>

<category>Perfume</category>

<category>On-Line Shopping</category>

<comments> http://www.randypandy.com/perfumes/comments/skunkyheavenscent.html </comments>

<guid isPermaLink="true"> http://www.randypandy.com/perfumes/heavenscent.html </guid>

<source url="http://www.yaddayadda/hs.xml">Secret Source of Heaven Scent Publicity</source>

</Item>

</Channel>

</rss>

Now Just the Bare Bones Template.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/css' ?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<channel>

<title></title>

<description></description>

<copyright></copyright>

<link></link>

<language></language>

<managingEditor></managingEditor>

<webMaster></webMaster>

<pubdate></pubdate>

<category></category>

<pubdate></pubdate>

<lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate>

<image>

<title></title>

<width></width><height></height>

<link></link>

<url></url>

</image>

<Item>

<title></title>

<link></link>

<description>[CDATA[<br clear=all>]]</description>

<pubDate></pubDate>

<author></author>

<category></category>

<comments></comments>

<guid></guid>

<source></source>

</Item>

<Item>

<title></title>

<link></link>

<description>[CDATA[<br clear=all>]]</description>

<pubDate></pubDate>

<author></author>

<category></category>

<comments></comments>

<guid></guid>

<source></source>

</Item>

</Channel>

</rss>

This will work and without too much trouble if you want to create a full RSS feed (with no enclosures for music or video) this is what you need.