Comments on: Rules for Creating an RSS Feed

By: RSS “R” Us | Binny VA

RSS “R” Us | Binny VA — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:22:00 +0000

[...] I always liked RSS – we have been good friends as kids. Yes, RSS is the name of an Indian Political Party(IPP) – but I cannot hold that against RSS. Its not its fault that some politicians took its name as well. For my readers who are not Indians(Really? I got international readers? I thought it was just me and my mother), RSS(Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) is a famous party in Indian. You must have at least heard of one of its members – Nathuram Godse. Yes, he is the guy who shot Mahatma Gandhi. And he was a member of RSS. To be absolutely fair, he left RSS before he shot Gandhi. So, in summary, RSS is a famous Indian Political Party. And it is not the RSS we are talking about. [...]

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:56:56 +0000

@Simon
Even I am not clean on why I choose RSS over Atom. But I have been working on this for some time – and I have found that RSS is more simpler for me to use – so I prefer it. It may be due to my lack of experience with Atom. As I said in the article, my preference my change anytime.

By: Simon Scarfe

Simon Scarfe — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:18:19 +0000

Hi Binny,

Why the preference of RSS over Atom? Most vs-articles I have read mark Atom as the superior format. Either way, I’m of the opinion that both are ubiquitous, just choose one over the other – using both only serves to confuse people.

By: Niyaz

Niyaz — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:04:18 +0000

Thanks for that tips Binny.
I guess the code snippet in PHP will come handy.

By: Mayooresan

Mayooresan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:36:42 +0000

//Validate it//
Thanks for dat awesome tip!