From 7bb3e60ff7410376b9039862014837ffd458862d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Rozek Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 21:56:29 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] New Post --- content/blog/pretty-rss-feeds.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/pretty-rss-feeds.md diff --git a/content/blog/pretty-rss-feeds.md b/content/blog/pretty-rss-feeds.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3ed981a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/pretty-rss-feeds.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "Pretty RSS Feeds" +date: 2022-12-04T21:42:36-05:00 +draft: true +tags: [] +math: false +--- + +Hi, I have a RSS feed. This allows you to subscribe to my words without me even knowing. How does it work? Well you need an RSS link, here's mine: + +https://brandonrozek.com/blog/index.xml + +Then you need to input this URL into a *newsreader* application ([Feedly](https://feedly.com/), [Feedbin](https://feedbin.com), [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com/), [many others](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators)) which checks to see if there are any changes in the XML file and presents it in a visually nice way. + +In fact, many websites come with a RSS feed. You don't even need to know the exact URL for it to work, if you type in `https://brandonrozek.com` into your newsreader, you'll get options for my various different feeds. + +How does that work? Well the website creator needs to include a tag in their website HTML. + +```html + +``` + +Most RSS feeds don't come styled. Therefore if you click on the RSS link you'll see a bunch of XML formatted text. That can be confusing for people when they first visit, can we do better? + +## About Feeds RSS Style + +[Matt Webb](https://interconnected.org/) created https://aboutfeeds.com in order to provide a friendly overview into the world of RSS. As part of that he includes a style called [pretty-feed.xsl](https://github.com/genmon/aboutfeeds/blob/main/tools/pretty-feed-v3.xsl). The file comes with instructions built in, but it's mostly as simple as adding a style tag in the beginning of the XML + +```xml + + +``` + +I hope more bloggers incorporate the style into their feed. I'm waiting for the day that the largest blogging platform Wordpress includes it by default.