RSS toolbox

Feed Writer (Windows Only)

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:17:33 -0400

Feed Writer is a professional RSS editor for easy and comfortable creation of RSS feeds. It supports most RSS formats such as RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 2.0 and even Podcasts. Feed Writer also offers full UTF-8 compatibility. Entries can be edited either with the build-in source code editor or a comfortable WYSIWYG editor. Includes secure FTP client.

RSS Builder (Windows Only)

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:17:51 -0400

RSS Builder is an easy to use program to create or maintain one or more RSS feeds for your web site. It provides an easy to use interface that lets you add topics, links and content, and then upload the .rss (v 2.0) file to your web server, using the built-in FTP client. Other features include a built-in HTML editor, XML preview, style sheets and support for enclosures/ podcasting.

Feed Spring (Windows Only)

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:18:00 -0400

FeedSpring is a FREE feed generator program. It can help bloggers and Web publishers effortlessly create unlimited RSS feeds. Just simply type RSS information into required and optional fields in forms, FeedSpring will automatically generate an RSS feed file for you. With usable and eye-pleasing interface, you can manage RSS channel and item information effectively.

Page2RSS

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:45 -0400

Free service provided by Google. Page2RSS is a service that helps you monitor web sites that do not publish feeds. It will check any web page for updates and deliver them to your favorite RSS aggregator. The Google goal: RSS updates provided every 2 hours.

Feedity

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:48 -0400

Free online service. Feedity is an RSS generator for web pages without a web syndication format. Feedity, RSS Web Feed Generator for Web Pages without Syndication, Convert any web page to a RSS web feed.

Feed43

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:51 -0400

Free online service. Your favorite site doesn't provide news feeds? This free online service converts any web page to an RSS feed on the fly.

RSS to HTML

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:54 -0400

Takes an RSS feed and turns it into an HTML page. You can either run it online, or put the php script on your own Web server. This is one COOL program.

RSS2GIF

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:56 -0400

This is an oddball program, but it works, and there is no javascript involved. This is handy, especially on sites like wordpress.com, that don't allow javascript or php. This free online program takes an RSS feed and turns it into a graphic (gif), with embedded links in the graphic you can click. You place it on your Web page as you would any graphic. This progam is so unusual, you may want to try it for fun.

RSSgenr8

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:02 -0400

Free online service, or use on your own Web server. This can be used online or on a server, if you have access to one. RSSgenr8 is a hosted HTML to RSS Scraper Tool which dynamically generates a RSS feed from any HTML web page.

zFeeder

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:07 -0400

Use if you have access to a Web server. zFeeder is a PHP script used to display RSS content.

RSS Editor

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:10 -0400

Free plug-in for Firefox that lets you create and maintain your RSS feeds using your browser. This really works, and is one of the few programs that let you GENERATE your own RSS, too.

lastRSS

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:14 -0400

Use if you have access to a Web server. lastRSS.php is simple yet powerfull PHP class to parse RSS. All you have to do is understand how the heck it works.

SimplePie

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:16 -0400

Use if you have access to a Web server. SimplePie is a very fast and easy-to-use class, written in PHP, for reading RSS and Atom syndication feeds.

RSS Publisher (Windows only)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:19 -0400

RSS Publisher is designed for those who use RSS feeds on their sites and need to renew them on a regular basis.

ListGarden

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:11:22 -0400

For Mac and PC, although I would not recommend it for Mac OS X. You use a Web browser and this program to produce RSS feeds, which you then upload to a Web server of your choosing. Besides the RSS Editor program, this one of the few programs that let you GENERATE your own RSS, too.

How to Create an RSS Feed With Notepad, a Web Server, and a Beer

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:31:35 -0400

Try this if you want to create your RSS feeds manually. This is a tutorial for using a low-tech, but effective, way to create your own RSS feed. After you've created you RSS feed, use an FTP program to upload it to your favorite Web server.