How To: Automated Feeds:
Files and First Steps
You will, of course, need a copy of RSS DreamFeeder, available from RNSoftware
at
http://www.rnsoft.com/products/rssdreamfeeder
 It
installs, like all extension, with the Extension Manager application that came
with Dreamweaver, and once installed is available from the Window menu.
(For more on installation you can read this note)
You'll probably want a news aggregator to test the feed with. You can use
any one that you like, but here are a couple (the first ones that come up when
I google "news aggregators download"):
I've created a simple website with some basic content so you can try creating
your own Automated RSS feeds. You can download the demo site for creating Automated
RSS feeds from
http://www.rnsoft.com/products/rssdreamfeeder/content/tutorial/RDF2DemoAutomated.zip
You will have to define this as a new website within Dreamweaver. I called
the site "Automated Tutorial". You don't need a remote site defined,
just a local one, because RSS DreamFeeder works right from your local files.
RSS DreamFeeder uses your site definition to know where to find files and how
to build links, so a defined website is required. When you're ready to publish
the feed you create on your website you simply upload the RSS or XML file you
created, just like you would for any HTML file. That means you get to manage
your content the way that works best for you and your workflow.
For more on managing websites with Dreamweaver see these pages from Adobe:
To keep things simple, the demo website only contains a limited number of
files. But to be authentic we created this site using CSS styles, templates,
and library items, just like you would for your website. This should give you
the opportunity to see how RSS DreamFeeder would behave in a production environment
while still limiting the files you have to attend to so you can see the complete
toolkit in action.
The folders and files are
- 00_artshared - common folder containing graphics for the site
- 00_scriptsshared - common folder containing javascripts for the site
- 00_stylesshared - common folder containing stylesheets for the site
- 03_HumanResources - folder containing the content of the hr part of the
site, including the JobBank listing of open positions within the company
- 04_ProductManagement - folder containing the content of the product management
part of the site, including press releases for new products
- 05_SalesMarketing - folder containing the content of the sales part of
the site, linked to from the home page
- 06_PublicRelations - folder containing the content of the pr part of the
site, including other releases and press notes, and a new podcast (audio
subdirectory)
- Library - dreamweaver library items for the site
- Templates - dreamweaver page templates for the site
- index.html - the home page of the website
Now that you're familiar with the file set lets proceed with the tutorials.
Select the tutorial that you're interested in to continue:
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