Just now we showed you a "simple" setup for a channel. However, channels support more elements that the 3 we just showed you. However these 3 are probably the minimum you should use if you decide to build your own RSS Feed. See also details on Items.
| category |
Define one or more categories this item belongs to. Multiple categories are allowed, even cross referencing. |
<category>Internet</category>
and/or
<category domain="http://www.weethet.nl/internet">Internet</category> |
| cloud |
Allows lightweight update notifications. Read more here. |
<cloud domain="rpc.sys.com" port="80" path="/RPC2" registerProcedure="pingMe" protocol="soap"/> |
| copyright |
A short note who owns copyright in the content in this channel. |
<copyright>Copyright 2005, Hans Luijten, WeetHet.nl</copyright> |
| description |
A brief description of the channel. |
<description>The latest WeetHet news and updates.</description> |
| docs |
A link to the documentation on the format used. Practical for future reference. |
<docs>http://www.weethet.nl/english/internet_whatisrss.php</docs> |
| generator |
What application generated this feed? |
<generator>WeetHet RSS Generator 1.0</generator> |
| image |
Specifies an image (for example your website logo) that can be dsiplayed with the channel. Currently GIF, JPEG, and PNG are supported.
The <url> tag refers to the location of the image on your website. <title> describes the image and is placed in the ALT attribute of the IMG HTML tag when displayed on a website. <link> is the link to the website (link and title are commonly the same as the link and title of the channel itself). Optionally <width> and <height> can be included indicating width and height of the image (recommended). The maximum width is 144 pixels (default is 88), and the maximum height is 400 pixels (default is 31). |
<image>
<url>http://www.weethet.nl/images/theme/weethet_logo_en.gif</url>
<title>The latest WeetHet news and updates</title>
<link>http://www.weethet.nl</link>
</image> |
| language |
The language the channel is written in. Very useful for the user to select channels he or she can actually read (understand). The values entered here should either comply to the standard as defined below (both the Netscape and the W3C codes can be used). |
<language>en-us</language> |
| lastBuildDate |
The last time the content of this channel has been changed (see also "pubDate" and RFC822 for the proper notation). |
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:09:12 GMT</lastBuildDate> |
| link |
The link (URL) to the website where this channel resides. |
<link>http://www.weethet.nl</link> |
| managingEditor |
The email address and/or name for the person responsible for the content in this channel. |
<managingEditor>webmaster@weethet.nl (Hans Luijten)</managingEditor> |
| pubDate |
The publication date for the content of this channel. This can be daily, weekly, etc. Note that the format should comply to RFC822. Writing the year as 2 digits is accepted, but using a 4 digit notation is recommended. |
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:49:01 GMT</pubDate> |
| rating |
PICS rating for the channel.
Honestly; I do not quite comprehend this one. More details on PICS rating can be foung on the W3C website. |
|
| skipDays |
Info for News Aggregators on which days they can skip (most readers ignore this). Days to skip are set in a <day> tag. Possible values can be one or more of the items: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. |
<skipDays>
<day>Monday</day>
<day>Saturday</day>
</skipDays> |
| skipHours |
Info for News Aggregators on which hours they can skip (most readers ignore this). Like with the <skipDays> tag, we use a <hour> sub tag (values 1 to 24). |
<skipHours>
<hour>1</hour>
<hour>2</hour>
</skipHours> |
| textInput |
Optionally a text-input-box can be displayed with a channel. Note: most News Aggregators ignore it.
Sub tags for textInput are <title>, <description>, <name> (name of the text field), and <link> (the link that handles the text submitted).
Note that the <name> tag should be seen in a similar way as you see with the HTML <input type=text name=name> tag.
Most News Aggregators ignore this tag! |
<textInput>
<title>Search</title>
<description>Search our website</description>
<link>http://www.weethet.nl/search.php</link>
</textInput> |
| title |
The name of this channel.This for example could be the name of your website. |
<title>WeetHet News & Updates</title> |
| ttl |
Time to Live. Time in minutes indicating how long a channel can be cached before refreshing it's content (reloading it). |
<ttl>60</ttl> |
| webmaster |
Name and/or email address responsible for technical problems with either this channel or the related website. |
<webmaster>webmaster@weethet.nl (Hans Luijten)</webmaster> |
216.73.216.110 
