Feb 17, 2011
RSS is ridiculously easy to create. It should be available to everyone, without the need for a specialized blogging application.
Here's a Perl script that will create an RSS feed from a tab separated document.
#-------------------------------------------
Here's a file to test it on:
#-------------------------------------------
title link description
Stephen's Web    http://www.downes.ca   Stephen's Web home page & stuff "
Half an Hour     http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca The place I write stuff
Let's Make Some Art Dammit   http://letsmakesomeartdammit.blogspot.com The place I store my artistic stuff
#-----------------------------------------------
Here's a demo link to see the script working:
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/easyrss.cgi
#-----------------------------------------------
-- Stephen
Note that this is plain Perl, without any modules (you could actually write it in a tenth of the space using Perl modules) because I want the script to just work, without worrying about how your Perl is set up.
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Here's a Perl script that will create an RSS feed from a tab separated document.
#-------------------------------------------
Here's a file to test it on:
#-------------------------------------------
title link description
Stephen's Web    http://www.downes.ca   Stephen's Web home page & stuff "
Half an Hour     http://halfanhour.blogspot.ca The place I write stuff
Let's Make Some Art Dammit   http://letsmakesomeartdammit.blogspot.com The place I store my artistic stuff
#-----------------------------------------------
Here's a demo link to see the script working:
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/easyrss.cgi
#-----------------------------------------------
-- Stephen
Note that this is plain Perl, without any modules (you could actually write it in a tenth of the space using Perl modules) because I want the script to just work, without worrying about how your Perl is set up.
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