| Section of Feed |
Name of Field |
Description of Feed |
Required
/ Optional |
| Feed (Channel) |
|
|
|
|
Title |
The name for the feed. |
required |
|
Description |
A phrase or sentence that describes
the feed. |
Required |
|
Link |
The URL for the
webpage containing information that directly
relates to the feed. |
Required |
|
PubDate |
The date and time when the feed's
content is to be published. Some feed readers
may choose not to display a feed until its
Pub Date has arrived. |
optional (FeedForAll
will create this for users) |
|
Skip Hours |
Hours of the day (0 = midnight)
that feed readers do not need to check for
changes in the feed. Feed readers can use
this to save time when checking for updates.
|
Optional |
|
Skip Days |
Days of the week that feed readers
do not need to check for changes in the feed.
Feed readers can use this to save time when
checking for updates. |
Optional |
|
Language |
The language the feed is written
in. |
optional |
|
Category |
Some RSS directories
allow users to search for feeds that they
are interested in, by category. You can create
your own categories, but typically you will
want to use a more standard predefined category.
DMOZ is probably the most popular category
system.
Example DMOZ category:
Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Tools
If a predefined category is used (i.e. from
DMOZ), you should set the category domain
field to point to the category system's website.
Example DMOZ domain: http://www.dmoz.org
Both the Category and Domain fields are optional.
|
Optional |
|
Cloud |
The Cloud settings
enable a feed reader to register with a cloud
server, to receive notification when a feed
has changed. This removes the need for the
reader to periodically access the feed to
check for updates. Several pieces of information
need to be entered to setup you feed for a
cloud server.
Domain
The domain name or IP address of the cloud
server.
Port
The TCP/IP port number that the cloud server
is running on.
Path
The location of the cloud server's responder.
Reg Proc
Registration Procedure - the name of the
procedure to call to request notification.
Protocol
The protocol to use to communicate with
the cloud server (xml-rpc, soap, or http-post).
|
All
the cloud fields are optional. |
|
Text Input |
The Text Input
settings allows a data entry box to be displayed
within your feed. It can be used to collect
information from the reader, or act on data
they enter. Not all feed readers support this
option. Several pieces of information need
to be entered to setup a Text Input box in
your feed.
Title
A title for the Text Input box.
Description
A short description of what the user should
enter into the Text Input box.
Name
The variable name assigned to the input
box.
Link
The URL to a CGI program that is to receive
the data from the Text Input box.
|
Including
a Text Input with your feed is optional. However,
if you enter information is any Text Input
field, then you must enter proper information
into all the Text Input fields. |
|
Webmaster |
The e-mail address
for the person responsible for technical issues
relating to the feed. |
Optional |
|
Editor |
Managing Editor
The e-mail address for the person responsible
for the feed's content. |
Optional |
|
Copyright |
Copyright notice for the contents
of the feed. |
Optional |
|
Rating |
A Platform for Internet Content
Selection (PICS) rating tag. More information
on the format of the rating tag can be found
here: http://www.w3.org/PICS/
|
optional |
|
Docs |
The URL for a webpage that describes
the specification for this version of the
RSS format. |
Optional |
|
TTL |
Time To Live
The number of minutes that the feed is allowed
to be cached by a server (other than the actual
server the feed is posted on), before the
feed needs to be refreshed. This value is
used by services that cache RSS feeds. |
Optional |
| Item |
|
Each feed must contain at least
one valid item entry. |
|
|
Title |
The headline for the item's
content. |
every feed must
have atleast a title or description (or both) |
|
Description |
A summary of the full content
that the item was created to represent. |
|
|
Link |
The URL for the webpage, or
for the section of a webpage, that contains
the item's full content. Feed readers will
typically display the webpage described by
this URL, when a user clicks on the item.
|
Optional |
|
Pub Date |
The date and time when the item
is to be made available. Some feed readers
may choose not to display an item until its
Pub Date date has arrived. |
Optional (FeedForAll
will create this for users) |
|
Category |
Some RSS directories allow
users to search for feed items that they are
interested in, by category. You can create
your own categories, but typically you will
want to use a more standard predefined category.
DMOZ is probably the most popular category
system.
Example DMOZ category:
Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Tools
If a predefined category is used (i.e. from
DMOZ), you should set the category domain
field to point to the category system's
website.
Example DMOZ domain: http://www.dmoz.org
Both the Category and Domain fields are
optional.
|
Optional |
|
GUID |
Globally Unique Identifier
A string that uniquely identifies the item.
When present, a feed reader may choose to
use this string to determine if an item is
new.
When the 'Is Perma Link' box is checked, feed
readers will assume that the GUID is a unique
URL for the item, and can be opened to display
the full contents for the item. |
both GUID fields
are optional |
|
Source |
If the item was obtained from
another feed, then the source feed's information
can be entered here.
Source
The title of the feed that the item came from.
URL Optional
The URL to the RSS feed that the item came
from. |
Including a
Source with your feed is optional. However,
if you enter information into the source field,
then you must also include information in
the URL field. |
|
Enclosure |
Information about a file that
is to be included with the item.
URL
The URL for the file.
Length
The length of the file (in bytes).
Type
The MIME type of the file. |
Including an
Enclosure with your feed is optional. However,
if you enter information is any Enclosure
field, then you must enter proper information
into all the Enclosure fields. |
|
Author |
The email address of the author
of the item. Typically, this field is only
used if the author is different than the feed's
Editor (Managing Editor). |
optional |
|
Comments |
The URL for a webpage containing
(or accepting) comments relating to this item.
|
Optional |
| Images |
|
Each feed can have an image
associated with it. Feed readers typically
display this image with the feed's title.
|
Optional |
|
Title |
Typically the same text as the
feed's Title. |
If an image
is to be included with the feed, then this
field is required. |
| |
Description |
The description is used for
the HTML 'title' attribute of the image. |
Optional |
| |
Link |
The URL for the webpage that
directly relates to the feed. This is typically
the same URL as the feed's Link field. |
If an image
is to be included with the feed, then this
field is required. |
| |
URL |
The URL for the image file.
Images can be in the following formats: .gif,
.jpg, .png |
If an image
is to be included with the feed, then this
field is required. |
| |
Width |
The width of the image (in pixels).
The default width for a RSS image is 88. The
maximum allowed width is 144. |
Optional |
| |
Height |
The height of the image (in
pixels). The default height for a RSS image
is 31. The maximum allowed height is 400.
|
Optional |
