RSS stands for "Rich Site Summary" files. RSS files are a standard way to distribute headlines and article summaries for news systems‚ announcements‚ etc. These can then be loaded into special news collection programs‚ included on webpages or displayed as channels in portals.

This blogging software automatically creates RSS files containing headlines for the most recent items entered into your blog. There are several different versions of the RSS standard. Each version is stored in a separate file in your blog. These are:

• "atom.xml" for "atom" files.
• "index.xml" for RSS version 2.0 files

If you have a blog named "my_blog" the address to the RSS version 1.0 file would be:

http://blogs.usask.ca/my_blog/index.xml

Include RSS Headlines in Webpages

The easiest way to include RSS headlines in webpages is to use the Feed2js form. Enter the address of an RSS file into the form (see above) and enter some details about the information you want in the results. Feed2js will then generate some JavaScript code. Cut and paste the code into your webpage where you want the blog headlines to appear.