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August 24, 2007
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rss links

  • August 24, 2007
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I am writing out my xml file with rss in it so that I can access it through my swf movie by rssReader. I want some of the articles to have links in the middle of the articles, not just for the heading or "read more" text. Does anyone know how to put a link in rss?
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Inspiring
August 26, 2007
We don't write out XML files with RSS in them. We write out RSS files as XML
noting the file extension can be .xml or .rss.
The RSS channel element and each RSS item element supports a link element.
There are other ways to link to content which are valid such as embedding
links within CDATA when using the RSS description element for the channel
and item elements alike. Using HTML in this manner is really the only widely
supported way to use HTML within an RSS feed.

You should try reading some documentation. This document [1] is very helpful
and is faithfully derived from "official" documentation which itself has
been worked and reworked for clarification by a group of developers we know
as the RSS Advisory Board. Producing invalid RSS is a waste of time as many
readers will not support your work and you will become known as a developer
who has sh!t for brains that can't read and follow simple directions. The
Lord thy God commands thy shall not generate f*cked up invalid feeds.

<%= Clinton Gallagher
NET csgallagher AT metromilwaukee.com
URL http://clintongallagher.metromilwaukee.com/

[1] http://www.rssdotnet.com/documents/version_comparison.html



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>I am writing out my xml file with rss in it so that I can access it through
>my
> swf movie by rssReader. I want some of the articles to have links in the
> middle of the articles, not just for the heading or "read more" text.
> Does
> anyone know how to put a link in rss?
>