Answering the questions I get at least once a week… “How can I setup an RSS feed for my site?”
This step by step comes from Design World Online and is reprinted with permission. The orginal document is located at http://www.designworldonline.com/ftp/dmm_pdf/DesignWorld_HowToRSS.pdf
FEED / BLOG CREATION
STEP 1. Find Service or Application
Design World recommends TypePad (www.typepad.com). It is very easy to set up a free 30-day trial and get started with your communication. If getting your IT department involved is required, you can even point these services to your own domain for seamless integration. If you have a Web site, blog, audio/video content or even photos, you can offer a feed of your content as an option. If you are using a popular blogging platform or publishing tool like TypePad, Wordpress or Blogger, you likely publish a feed automatically. There are also tools on the market that can help transform traditional web content into the right format for distribution. Simply creating an XML version of your content allows Aggregators the ability to read, but this entails some knowledge of XML syntax. Another method is PC-based software that allows blogging with associated feeds to be automatically published to a specific website location.
STEP 2. Enter Data
The more frequent the better! Your readers and search engines like constantly updated content.
STEP 3. (Optional) Enhance your Feed
There are services like FeedBurner (www.feedburner.com) that allow you to track statistics on your feed that include subscribers, hits and other good stuff.
STEP 4. Required! Tell us about your Feed*
Once your up and running, go to http://www.rss-spider.com/fsb.php and submit your feed address so we can subscribe to your feed and keep apprised of your news automatically. You post and we redistribute immediately. You gain the exposure of the RSS-Spider with no hassle.
* Edited out Design World’s email address since 99.999% of user submitted feeds have no relation to design engineering.