rss feed software

Mr-White · 21 Jan 2011 at 14:47

What's the best software to create/update an xml file for rss feeds ?

The couple I've tried have been old, some even had compatibility problems with W7. I've already opened up the file in notepad++ and seems pretty straight forward to modify, I'm just thinking the software route would save me time.

MW

Internaut · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:02

There are too many variables here to give you a solution in the first reply. Please describe exactly what it is you have and what you are trying to do with it.

For example, did you manually create this xml file, how is it updated and how often, and where are you publishing this rss feed? Are you looking for a desktop software or a web script?

Mr-White · 23 Jan 2011 at 19:54

I eventually found RSSeditor which does everything I need. Also allows me to upload the XML file via ftp directly to the server

MW

3dcandy · 23 Jan 2011 at 21:01

Been a long time since I've manually edited an rss feed. Surely a php script or something would be better, unless that's what you use already!

Mr-White · 24 Jan 2011 at 17:55

3dcandy said:
Been a long time since I've manually edited an rss feed. Surely a php script or something would be better, unless that's what you use already!

Obviously automating the updates would be more efficient but it's above and beyond my capabilities

MW

3dcandy · 24 Jan 2011 at 18:50

are you not using a cms mr white? like wordpress or something similiar?

Mr-White · 26 Jan 2011 at 00:56

3dcandy said:
are you not using a cms mr white? like wordpress or something similiar?

Everything's done by hand

MW

3dcandy · 26 Jan 2011 at 01:28

old styleeee!

3dcandy · 26 Jan 2011 at 01:29

http://www.html2rss.com/

Mr-White · 26 Jan 2011 at 11:41

I was using Wordpress but it was compromised so many it wasn't funny. This only started out as a small project but it's getting bigger

MW

3dcandy · 26 Jan 2011 at 11:44

Compromised? In what way? It's *fairly* secure....more details please and I can possibly help

Mr-White · 26 Jan 2011 at 11:48

3dcandy said:
Compromised? In what way? It's *fairly* secure....more details please and I can possibly help

Virus warnings for starters when people viewed the pages, that happened a few times and constantly getting spam for comments.

MW

3dcandy · 26 Jan 2011 at 12:09

Spam comment is easy, make sure Akismet plugin is correctly configured and install a captcha plugin. Virus warnings is pretty easy too - there are plugins to verify the core files, you need to keep it up to date (3.0.4 currently), change the wp-admin dir to something different, don't use an admin name as main user, and that will stop 99.9% of your problems...

3dcandy · 26 Jan 2011 at 12:13

Also, your host makes a huge difference with WP. The better the host, in most cases the more secure it is!