How to Setup Web Pages with a Web Browser RSS Feed Autodiscovery LInkCategory: Recent Articles Published: Monday, January 21, 2008 RSS feeds or Really Simple Syndication feeds have become a major platform for visitors to stay connected with your website. This popularized standard of broadcast makes it easy to draw your visitors in as you make updates to your website's information when they subscribe via a reader. Readers are developed to work stand-alone, such Outlook's integrated RSS feed reader, web based readers and via common web browsers like Internet Explorer or Firefox. With RSS becoming such a standard amongst web surfers it's important to make your RSS feed as accessible as possible. A vastly under-looked method for web publishers to distribute a feed with Autodiscovery. Autodiscovery is the method of associating your web pages with an RSS feed thus allowing the visitor's browser to alert the visitor of the feed and allow for quick subscription. Browser Safe RSS Feed FormatsInternet Explorer and Firefox, the most readily used web browsers, support the following feed formats: Atom 1.0, RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0. Though it is important for Web Publishers to upgrade their feeds, IE7 and Firefox also support depreciated RSS feed formatting standards: Atom 0.3, RSS 0.91 and RSS 0.92. Associating an RSS Feed with Web PagesInternet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 feature a new Feed button which is designed to light up as an indicator when a supported RSS feed is found. Autodiscovery is invoked with a link element encased in the header tags allowing visitors to easily find an RSS feed in which to subscribe.
Example for Web Page RSS Autodiscovery format support:
<html> Example for Web Page Atom Autodiscovery format support:
<html> With the RSS or Atom Autodiscovery link element in place the visitor's web browser address bar and/or functional bar will light up. Note: browsers allow for multiple feeds are supported by adding multiple link elements to the head tag of your web pages.
Other Recent ArticlesWatch Us Grow, Infinity Arts Announces New Web Sales Account RepresentativesCategory: Recent Articles Published: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Infinity Arts welcomes two new web sales Account Representatives to our growing web sales team. Our new Account Reps will be introducing new results driven web solutions to help Clients grow their product and services online. Infinity Arts is Growing in Leaps & Bounds with the Addition of a New Web DesignerCategory: Recent Articles Published: Monday, July 28, 2008 Infinity Arts is growing in leaps and bounds. We welcome our newest addition, a creative and talented web designer who brings a fresh, new outlook to our team. Infinity Arts Announces that we are Expanding to a New Office in TemeculaCategory: Recent Articles Published: Friday, July 18, 2008 Infinity Arts is expanding to a new office located in Temecula. This will only add to our incredible line up of quality services. Infinity Arts is Hiring Experienced Account Reps to Add to our Successful Web Sales TeamCategory: Recent Articles Published: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Infinity Arts announces new opportunities for Web Sales Account Representatives. If you're a motivated indivdual, looking for outside sales with great commission and bonuses contact us today! Infinity Arts is Thrilled to be working with Starving Racers on their Custom WebsiteCategory: Project Case Studies Published: Sunday, June 15, 2008 Infinity Arts is working with Starving Racers to design & develop a search engine friendly, custom membership club website geared towards the motorsport racing industry, racers and enthusiasts. Infinity Arts Drives Huge Results for BabyJanes with SEO Management ServicesCategory: Project Case Studies Published: Friday, April 11, 2008 Infinity Arts drives dramatic search engine performance and keywords ranking improvement with SEO management services to BabyJanes website. How to Setup & Manage Advanced DNS for your Yahoo Small Business Domain Name AccountCategory: Recent Articles Published: Thursday, April 03, 2008 A quick tutorial to help guide you through managing and updating Domain Name DNS records for Yahoo! Small Business registered domains. January 2008
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