Jun 28th, 2007 by admin 2,511 Views
RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a “feed,” “web feed,” or “channel,” contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that’s easier than checking them manually.
RSS content can be read using software called a “feed reader” or an “aggregator.” The user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed’s link into the reader or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the subscription process. The reader checks the user’s subscribed feeds regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.
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I’m subscribed to your feed alone with many others. Nice article on RSS, now consider how more useful it would have been if you have delivered the full feed
I have created a post on this topic, and no its not about the benefits of providing the full feed versus short version as that have been discussed many times over before. I actually shared link to plugin that allows anyone using WordPress 2.2+ and “more” tags in posts to still deliver full feed to subscribers.
Alex
I already tried to do this once but the plugin did not work for me…
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Hi Linkrain,
I’ve been one of your subscriber for quite some time now because I found that your articles are very informative but your last post was on the September and never updated since. when will we be reading more great stuff from you?