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• How to Create an RSS Feed With Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer
• The easiest way to create an RSS file is to copy someone else's. You don't need to worry about this; you will be replacing all of their content, and the format of the file is freely licensed for use by anyone. Here is a short, simple template file you can use:
• <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
  <rss version="0.91">
  
  <channel>
  <title>OLDaily</title>
  <link>http://www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm</link>
  <description>OLDaily - By Stephen Downes </description>
  <language>en-us</language>
  
  <image>
  <title>Stephen's Web</title>
  <url>http://www.downes.ca/images/rss.gif</url>
  <link>http://www.downes.ca</link>
  <width>90</width>
  <height>36</height>
  </image>
  
  <item>
  <title>Attack Update</title>
  <link>http://www.downes.ca</link>
  <description>
  OK, here's where we stand. I have no email into
  or out of downes.ca - this means that if you are sending me
  email to stephen@downes.ca it will fail. It also means that
  newsletter mailouts are failing (at least, I think they're
  failing...). Additionally, all scheduled processes have
  terminated, which means that Edu_RSS will be updated
  manually. I have no tech support until at least tomorrow,
  so it looks like we'll be limping along like this for a
  bit. Again, please note, email sent to me at downes.ca is
  not reaching me. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, July
  22, 2003
  </description>
  </item>
  <item>
  <title>Attack on Downes.ca</title>
  <link>http://www.downes.ca</link>
  <description>
  Downes.ca was off the air for a few days
  following a denial of service attack. We are back for now
  but things are still touch and go. I'll keep you posted.
  By Stephen Downes, July 21, 2003
  </description>
  </item>
  </channel>
  </rss>
• Feedity (www.feedity.com) seems to be a much simpler and quicker approach at building instant custom RSS feeds from ANY webpage