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how the "rss feed" icon works in Firefox
Category: Computers Asked by: oppedahl-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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19 Dec 2005 08:36 PST
Expires: 18 Jan 2006 08:36 PST Question ID: 607442 |
how does firefox know that a web site has an rss feed, so that firefox will display the "rss feed" icon for that web site? |
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Re: how the "rss feed" icon works in Firefox
Answered By: palitoy-ga on 19 Dec 2005 09:29 PST Rated:  |
Hello oppedahl-ga,
Thank-you for your question.
Firefox knows that a website has an RSS feed by detecting a piece of
code in the script of the site. The way this works is very similar to
how a search engine knows what the site is about (by looking at
specific tags in the <head> section of the script).
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="{YOUR SITE
NAME}" href="{LINK TO YOUR RSS FILE}" />
If you simply place the above <link> code in the <head> area of your
webpage Firefox will display the icon for your site. (Simply change
the information enclosed by { }.)
If you have any further questions on this subject please do not
hesitate to ask for clarification.
Useful Links:
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/blog/3960?from=35
http://docs.postnuke.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16 |
oppedahl-ga
rated this answer:
Thank you for a prompt response, and for the links to places with more information. |
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| Subject:
Re: how the "rss feed" icon works in Firefox
From: superthaix-ga on 21 Dec 2005 14:33 PST |
RSS Feed links in Firefox can be thought of as "variable bookmarks". Because the bookmarks can change and link you to the latest information that the provider publishes. |
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