by Jen Edwards

Created on: June 24, 2008

RSS stands for "Real Simple Syndication". I obviously haven't put an RSS feed on my blog site yet because If I had you would see this button on my page! (I need to jump on that!)
The RSS Box (a little orange box with white stripes arching like a rainbow from the top left to the bottom right) would symbolize that I offer a feed of my site that can be sent to a viewer's RSS reader (usually seen on your browser's homepage).

I use IE (Internet Explorer) and goggle as my email home page, so I can go to my RSS reader (the same symbol you would see in your menu bar in the upper right section of your Google home page) when I log in.
This allows me to see at a glance if my favorite RSS feeds (listing of sites) have been updated. (How nice is that!)

You can also have RSS feeds sent to your blog but I wouldn't use it as the only content to your sight. If you find something that is relevant to your sight and (it'd be best to get approval from the site you want the feed for on your site) is used to inform your viewers of important info, then go for it.

Wp-O-Matic is a plug-in you can install to get a full feed; otherwise most RSS feeds will give you just a snippet or brief description of the content. There is also a black-hat technique you can use to increase sales but because it is frowned upon ("black hat technique" hat), I won't go into it and I don't use it.

But if you really must know, just think about it for a bit. I'm sure you can come up with a winning theory! :) If you want to learn more about how to use RSS feeds on your sites for greater benefit, I will leave the nitty-gritty info.for Armand Morin, and other gurus to explain.

Now to tackle part two:
I finally went to add my own RSS feed to my blog to make it able to synidate. What you would think is a simple Task for me since I have been able to build a web site, create a forum, and figure out how to make, edit, and place audio on my website pages, has turned into a struggle.

I am sure people will say what?! Go to your wp-admin on your word press blog, click on the design tab section, and then click on the widgets Section. From there click on to "add RSS" feed. You will see it pop up on your sidebar then click the edit tab in the box.

This is exactly where I found trouble! From talking with a friend if you use wordpress.com it sets up the feed for you but if you use wordpress.org, then you need to add your blog feed URL extension, Blog URL, and Blog title. I had no problem coming up with the last two requirement fields,

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