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RSS Feeds, Fast and Easy
Written on 2008-12-25 13:20:00 in CakePHP,
Viewed 32388 times 7 CommentsFor my first entry, I am going to talk about how to create an RSS Feed on your website. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format used to publish frequently updated works such as blogs or featured products. RSS defines a set of XML elements that are used to describe a channel or feed of information. An RSS feed is comprised of two parts, first is the metadata describing the channel and second is the records that make up the elements of the feed. RSS feeds allow your sites visitors to access the information on your site using software that reads these feeds. This will allow your site's visitors to stay up-to-date on the information on your site. CakePHP allows for easy integration of RSS feeds into existing controller actions through the automatic router extension parsing. Thi...