RSS

http://www.xul.fr/en-xml-rss.html https://github.com/lkiesow/python-feedgen

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-create-an-rss-feed-for-your-site-from-scratch/

An RSS feed for your site is essentially an XML file.

To create an RSS feed, you start off the RSS file as follows:

Diff between atom/rss format

ATOM

Atom is the name of an XML-based Web content and metadata syndication format, and an application-level protocol for publishing and editing Web resources belonging to periodically updated websites.

Atom is a relatively recent spec and is much more robust and feature-rich than RSS. For instance, where RSS requires descriptive fields such as title and link only in item breakdowns, Atom requires these things for both items and the full Feed.

####### BASIC RSS STATIC FILE #############

<----- open a channel tag which will contain all info

<title>MakeUseOf RSS Feed</title> http://www.makeuseof.com/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips

Next up we have the actual content of the RSS feed that will be displayed as distinct entries when viewed using a feed reader. Each entry is contained within a pair of and must have the following content at least:

<title>Entry Title</title> Link to the entry http://example.com/item/123 Sat, 9 Jan 2010 16:23:41 GMT [CDATA[ This is the description. ]]

<----- close

<------ close

############################################

Now, let's make the feed dynamic. All we are going to do is to fetch the entries from the database and insert them into appropriate tags