Four Main ways to Use RSS Feeds

What is RSS
RSS is a family of web feed formats. The initials "RSS" are variously used to refer to the following standards:

Really Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0) 
Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0) 
RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0) 

How Can I Use a RSS Feed
There are number of  ways to use the RSS feeds from Liberated Press Releases web site:

• Feed Reader Software
• Add a Feed to Popular Search Engine Home Pages
• Windows XP IE7 Browser and other feed enabled browsers
• Using JavaScript to Show a LPR RSS Feed on Your Web Site
• Using PHP to display RSS feeds in your web site. This method is 100% open to search engine spiders. If you want "content" for your web site, you really MUST use PHP.

Feed Reader Software

A variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook).

If you already have this software loaded, then you'll know what to do. If you haven't, then you're in for a sharp upward learning curve.

Add a Feed to Popular Search Engine Home Pages

Select your search engine from the icon links above and follow the onscreen instructions.

Windows XP IE7 Browser

This is probably the easiest way to import one of our feeds.

• Select the RSS feed you want to import from the list on the left
• IE7's feed page will open, follow the onscreen instructions

Other browsers use very similar ways to import feeds. If in doubt or to learn more, read the help files.

To Display the Latest Ten Articles  from LPR Using JavaScript

Below is the code you need to copy and paste in to your own web page to include the latest Article RSS Feed. The NOSCRIPT tag provides a link to a HTML display of the feed for users who may not have JavaScript enabled.

<script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.articlefriendly.com/feed/feed2js.php?src=http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/rss.php?rss=0&chan=y&num=10&desc=1&targ=y" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/top_authors.php">Top Authors at Liberated Press Releases</a> </noscript>

To configure other LPR feeds:

1. Right click on the selected feed name

2. From the shortcut menu, select "Copy shortcut"

3. Follow this link (opens new window, you can flit between the two and make as many feeds as you like)

4. Right click and paste inside the "Enter the web address of the RSS Feed" box

5. Follow the onscreen instructions

Using PHP to Display RSS Feeds in Web Page

This method is 100% open to search engine spiders. If you want "content" for your web site, you really MUST use PHP.

NOTE: LPR DOESN'T OFFER ANY SUPPORT AND ACCEPT ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY IF THINGS DON'T WORK. IF YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THINGS SHOULD BE FINE.

To make this work you will need the following abilities and PHP pages:

Abilities

1. Your web site MUST be hosted on a server capable of displaying PHP pages

2. You MUST be able to transfer files from your local computer up to your ISP's server using FTP

3. You'll need a Text Editor

PHP Pages

The Reader Page or Parser

This is the page that "processes" the RSS request.

ScarySoftware RSS parser
// Copyright (c) 2006 Scary Software
// ( Generates HTML from a RSS feeds )
// Licensed Under the Gnu Public License

Instructions To Test Things Work On Your Server

• Right click inside this URL:  http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/Reader3.txt
• From the shortcut menu select: Save Target As
• Save As > Reader3.php (you MUST change the filename extension from .txt to .php

The PHP Page That Displays The LPR RSS Feeds

• Right click inside this URL:  http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/lpr-rss.txt
• From the shortcut menu select: Save Target As
• Save As > lpr-rss.php (you MUST change the filename extension from .txt to .php

Upload & Test

• Upload BOTH files to the SAME directory on your server. PHP pages will generally ONLY work after you upload them.
• Open http://www.YOUR - DOMAIN - NAME.com/lpr-rss.php in your browser
• You should see three feeds from Liberated Press Releases that look like this:
•  http://www.liberated-press-releases.com/lpr-rss.php
• The table code can now be included in ANY PHP enabled page within your web site, providing a copy of Reader3.php ALWAYS resides in the same directory.
• Full documentation and tips for importing and formatting other feeds can be found here
• You don't have too, but if you do add new feeds, it would be good if at least one feed from LPR is left in place.
• The rest is up-to-you!