Anonymous
06-12-2005, 03:16 AM
Hi everyone.
I'm fairly new to rss feeds, although I have a fair idea how they work, but I have a question about how to implement them. The easiest way is to tell you what I have in mind, then ask how is the best way to go about implementing it.....
What I want is a series of finely tuned link exchange categories, with sub-categories underneath them. As an example, I might have a catgeory called Sheep, with sub-categoies of Sheep Farming, Sheep Syndrome, Sheep Behaviour and Sheep Breeding. What I would like is for a link partner to add their link to any of the sub-categories, but to display all links from the four sub categories under the umbrella category "Sheep", as they all bear relevance. What is the best way to go about doing this?
Is it:
a) to ask them to create four seperate pages, each called the same as the releavnt sub-category, with a seperate rss feed for each
b) to not have the sub-categories, then provide a feed just for the "sheep" category (if I do this, how does the rss feed handle multiple pages within one category????)
c) another solution which I haven't yet though of
I hope the question makes some kind of sense, and I also hope that somebody is able to answer it. Also, is it easy for people to add rss feeds into their existing sites, or is this something I am better offering to do on their behalf? i.e. can i provide a simple help file which will tell them how to go about it, or is it quite a complex task whichit would be easier for me to do?
The idea is to enable lots of link partners to display links between themselves, within their own site templates, with me acting as the link master. Once they have the code in place, I can build their link campaigns for them, taking stress away from them, but adding greater incentive for people to link to me! :D
Thanks for the programme, so far it seems to do everything I want it to do - maybe I'm being greedy with this plan detailed above, but I think this bit of kit is good enough to handle it.....hopefully nobody will burst my bubble! :wink:
I'm fairly new to rss feeds, although I have a fair idea how they work, but I have a question about how to implement them. The easiest way is to tell you what I have in mind, then ask how is the best way to go about implementing it.....
What I want is a series of finely tuned link exchange categories, with sub-categories underneath them. As an example, I might have a catgeory called Sheep, with sub-categoies of Sheep Farming, Sheep Syndrome, Sheep Behaviour and Sheep Breeding. What I would like is for a link partner to add their link to any of the sub-categories, but to display all links from the four sub categories under the umbrella category "Sheep", as they all bear relevance. What is the best way to go about doing this?
Is it:
a) to ask them to create four seperate pages, each called the same as the releavnt sub-category, with a seperate rss feed for each
b) to not have the sub-categories, then provide a feed just for the "sheep" category (if I do this, how does the rss feed handle multiple pages within one category????)
c) another solution which I haven't yet though of
I hope the question makes some kind of sense, and I also hope that somebody is able to answer it. Also, is it easy for people to add rss feeds into their existing sites, or is this something I am better offering to do on their behalf? i.e. can i provide a simple help file which will tell them how to go about it, or is it quite a complex task whichit would be easier for me to do?
The idea is to enable lots of link partners to display links between themselves, within their own site templates, with me acting as the link master. Once they have the code in place, I can build their link campaigns for them, taking stress away from them, but adding greater incentive for people to link to me! :D
Thanks for the programme, so far it seems to do everything I want it to do - maybe I'm being greedy with this plan detailed above, but I think this bit of kit is good enough to handle it.....hopefully nobody will burst my bubble! :wink: