What is RSS feed & How to add it on your website?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a way to easily distribute a list of headlines, update notices and providing current data of the content to a wide number of people. This tool is used by the computer programs in order to organize all those updated headlines and notices which are currently in demand for easy reading. This tool is managed by an author, who keeps an eye on this website in order to publish the current headline of the news by the time.
How does it work?
RSS always work by having a website that is managed by the author who maintains a list of notifications on their website in a complete standard mode. This list of notifications is always called an “RSS Feed”. People who are interested to find out the latest headlines or changes can check this list. In this list, there is a number of updated news available in order to read by the public and thus it provides the updated new on the T.V channels.
Almost we can consider it as special computer programs called “RSS aggregators” have been developed all of that automatically access the RSS feeds of websites that one may care about on your one’s behalf and organize the results too. RSS feed is so important that manages to work widespread usage that works by using the short cut button that helps to add feeds directly to feed methodically. It is worked on the website used by Google and even it is merged with Google to perform various tasks all the time.
How to Add RSS Feed to Your Website?
RSS feeds is a type of web feed which allow the user to view, update and digest the online content in a more standardized and readable format. These feeds help in simplifying the content in a way which is quite user-friendly and allow us to keep a track of many different websites in a single news aggregator. An RSS feeds help user to page strips any information down to their minimum basic essential and helps in differentiating between the text content, Images or the audio or video podcast in the content itself. There is plenty of RSS aggregator on the Internet available to do a host range of activity with a different interface and useful features. User can choose them according to their own wish. But sometimes user does face issue while working on the RSS Feed, One of the common issue user faces is regarding how to add RSS Feed to website. User can take assistance from the technical support or follow these simple procedures :
1. Log in with your website and on the product list click on the website builder.
2. Further, click on the Manage to use next account.
3. Now Click on the Design your pages in case if necessary from the page menu.
4. Further, select page one wants to modify.
5. Now click on the social and then drag and drop the RSS Feed icon on the drop zone.
6. In order to add the new RSS feed, User needs to select the type or paste the RSS Feed URL.
7. Now enter the URL for the feed and enter a name for the feed in the Name field.
8. To add a popular RSS Feed, select the Popular RSS Feed and then select a Feed.
9. Now-Again from the Properties tab, choose and complete the fields the user needs to specify.
10. Further, choose the Font from the menu and then select a Size Menu and then Select Color.
11. Again choose the maximum number of post one want to display and then open the new window.
12. Select Open links in a new window from the preview tab in order to make sure that RSS Feeds are displaying correctly.
13. Click on the Ok button.
In this blog, we have discussed all RSS why we use it and how it works. Hope you have enjoyed this content. We also want to hear your thoughts, if you have your own tips. Please do that in the comment section below as always.