How To: Manual 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"):
You might also try Firefox's active bookmarks or Safari's RSS reader. I happen
to like Safari's RSS reader and test with that often.
I've created a simple website with some basic content so you can try creating
your own Manual RSS feeds. You can download the demo site for creating Manual
RSS feeds from
http://www.rnsoft.com/products/rssdreamfeeder/content/tutorial/RDF2DemoManual.zip
You will have to define this as a new website within Dreamweaver. I called
the site "Manual 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. I wanted to be sure that things are as clear as possible so only files
related to your task are there.
The folders and files are:
- art - folder containing graphics we'll need
- audio - folder containing MP3s for our podcast
- content - folder containing HTML files for us to link to
- photos - folder containing
- text.html - a text file for you to copy from so you don't have to type
everything by hand
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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