SIMPLERSS UPDATER

Do you wish it was easier to keep up with things without following someone on social media or joining their Discord server? Are you incapable of keeping up with things without SNS? Do you like your website and love not having SNS numbers but still worry about your updates not being visible!!

Well, worry not, I will introduce you to my rss updater!!! And it doesn't even need SQL this time!!

Benefits of My Script

• If you're not on a blog hosts that generates RSS scripts for you, then you have to write your RSS feeds by hand. Formatting of RSS is terrible, but my form simplifies it. Time drop down and fills out all the gunk!
• Generates a file that displays the RSS feed in a more readable format if you want to display on your site
• The form does not affect old entries so you can edit the file by hand if needed
• I believe every small website should have an RSS feed, even if just for posterity

Setup 

• This doesn't use SQL. You just plop the files into your server!
• Download or navigate to this github page!!
• You only need to edit basic stuff like site titles and descriptions and style feednotes.php if you want!
• Update the rss feed with admin.php!
• If you want to include your RSS feed elsewhere, just include (make sure paths correct)

<?php include "rss/feednotes.php" ?>

(IF YOU'RE INCLUDING IN ANOTHER DIRECTORY)

<?php include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "rss/feednotes.php" ?>

File Layout

• admin.php - This is where you update the RSS feed
• feed.xml - Not included in the original directory. Is generated via admin.php. Accepts edits
• feednotes.php - displays items in feed.xml and can be displayed on website via a PHP include

Note as RSS Head:

• Including your RSS in your header is good! I check lots of small and non small sites for RSS like this!! An RSS feed will autodetect it on any page that has it!! You can include it on all your pages if you want!!! I include this in my index and some of my longer running pages (like my blog and media logs!!)

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Ophanimkei's RSS" href="https://ophanimkei.com/rss/feed.xml">

• You should include a direct link to your RSS feed too (the xml file). There's RSS buttons to make this cleaner and font awesome icons too!

RSS Inclusion Example: