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How to Create a Joomla RSS Feed

  • Step 1: Go to the RSS Feeds section on Joomla.org.
  • Step 2: Download the Ninja RSS Syndicator.
  • Step 3: Install Ninja RSS via the Joomla installer.
  • Step 4: Go to Components >> Ninja RSS and click "New"
  • Step 5: Fill in the information requested. Most of this fields are self-explanatory. You can happily just give your feed a name and click save.

BCA RSS Feed

Collecting Data on Your RSS Feed

  • Step 6: After you've saved your feed, copy the URL or save it into a text editor.
  • Step 7: Go to http://feedburner.google.com and login.
  • Step 8: Enter the URL for your RSS feed into this box:

RSS Feedburner
  • Step 8: Give your feed a name and URL. Make sure to write down the name of your new feed URL.
  • Step 9: Over the next few weeks, you can login back into Feedburner and see detailed information about how many people are subscribing to your feed:


RSS Statistics

Allowing Search Engines and Visitors to Find Your RSS Feed

  • Step 10: Add this to the head of your template: 
    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="http://feedaddress.com" />
  • Step 11: Go to https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit and submit your RSS feed.



 

 


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#1 kimd 2012-01-25 02:05
This is only for 1.5.

What do we use for 1.7?
 
 
#2 iowawebco 2012-01-25 13:52
Hi Kim,

obRSS is a great extension for 1.7/2.5:
extensions.joomla.org/.../6233

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#3 ukaporg 2012-01-26 01:03
I am new and I want to learn joomla from start and want to know how to get advise on issues that I am not sure about.
 
 
#4 iowawebco 2012-01-26 01:19
Hi and welcome, ukaporg!

Looks like you just became a student! We're glad you joined!

You can start your training on our Start Training page: www.ostraining.com/.../

And you can ask for any advice on our support forum. Here's a direct link to it:
www.ostraining.com/.../

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#5 kimd 2012-01-26 05:13
I'm sure it is - and only 49.99 euro dollars (US66)for a whole 12 months!

Give me a break.

I don't need it for a shopping cart or a forum, just articles. Surely there is something more reasonable. Used to be free obviously for 1.5
 
 
#6 iowawebco 2012-01-30 16:07
Hi Kim,

You can use the "Syndication Feeds" module which is part of the Joomla core.

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
#7 kimd 2012-01-30 19:45
Hi Nick,
I enabled this, but it generates only feeds for that page or category. So I would have maybe 20 separate feeds.

How can I get a feed for the site as a whole?

I add articles to all parts of the site, not just like a blog where only the front page is updated.

Thanks
Kim
 
 
#8 iowawebco 2012-01-30 20:44
Hi Kim,

For a site you can't, unless you use the extension I mentioned above. Joomla does however automatically create rss feeds to category blogs and category lists, as well as the front page. What you can do for the categories is view the source code of the browser and then search for "rss". Copy the href relative URL and append the domain to it to create your RSS link, which you can then use in an RSS display module.

Kind regards,
Nick
 

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