Posted on 10 November 2011. Tags: atom, feed, parse, rss
XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language and it is a simplified subset of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of data across different information systems, particularly systems connected via the Internet.
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Posted on 25 October 2010. Tags: dates, development, PHP, rss, scripting, validate, w3
Date formating rss
pubDateThe publication date for the content in the channel. For example, the New York Times publishes on a daily basis, the publication date flips once every 24 hours. That’s when the pubDate of the channel changes. All date-times in RSS conform to the Date and Time Specification of RFC 822, with the exception that the year may be expressed with two characters or four characters (four preferred).
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Posted on 31 August 2009. Tags: feeds, rss, wp rss
Introduction to Feeds
A feed is a function of special software that allows feedreaders to access a site, automatically looking for new content and then posting the information about new content and updates to another site. This provides a way for users to keep up with the latest and hottest information posted on different blogging sites.
There are several different kinds of feeds, read by different feedreaders. Some feeds include RSS (alternately defined as “Rich Site Summary” or “Really Simple Syndication”), Atom or RDF files.
WordPress Built-in Feeds
By default, WordPress comes with various feeds. They are generated by template tag for bloginfo() for each type of feed and are typically listed in the sidebar and/or footer of most WordPress Themes. They look like this: Read the full story
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