I need to be notified on my blackberry of RSS events on a secure authenticated RSS feed. These notifications can be sms texts or preferably plain text emails. They could and should filter for keywords as the site doesn't as far as I can tell. I was thinking of using yahoo pipes but I have no idea how to start but I've heard its a good way to start. [more inside]
posted by Chamunks on Dec 13, 2009 - 3 answers

When I add a feed to my reader, do I want RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0 or Atom? What's the practical difference?
posted by Yakuman on Jan 4, 2009 - 8 answers

What options do I have for a good web- (preferred) or desktop(Windows)-based RSS reader that has good options for managing older posts within feeds? [more inside]
posted by fsmontenegro on Sep 5, 2008 - 4 answers

I'd like a Flash video player of my video podcast on the web site, and a high-quality (960x540 should work) video file in the podcast feed. I'm currently using WordPress and PodPress to manage the feed and video. But I can see why some people who don't want to install QuickTime might not be able to see the show. [more inside]
posted by bryanjbusch on Jan 22, 2008 - 1 answer

I deleted every single entry from my blog so that I can start fresh. But all the old entries are showing up in RSS and Atom feeds. How can I make those go away too? [more inside]
posted by misanthropicsarah on Jan 12, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I create a singlegator site like Popurls? [more inside]
posted by elmwood on Sep 24, 2007 - 9 answers

Are there any web sites where you can enter a search term, and get an RSS feed of new results, like Google news alerts but over RSS rather then email? Are there any other interesting tools out for searching the blog sphere (besides technorati) [more inside]
posted by delmoi on Aug 28, 2007 - 8 answers

Is there an RSS feed from which I can pull updating weather information for Mount Kilimanjaro's summit?
posted by o2b on Feb 5, 2007 - 2 answers

I want to aggregate some RSS feeds for a group of not-tech-savvy people... [more inside]
posted by symbebekos on Nov 5, 2006 - 7 answers

Blog syndication: What standard (RSS, Atom, etc.) is best for syndicating full blog post contents? [more inside]
posted by cadge on May 2, 2006 - 7 answers

Basic RSS question-- I'm trying to add RSS to my site, and since I'm teaching this to myself, I'm confused. [more inside]
posted by madmath on Dec 29, 2005 - 10 answers

Please help me get the most out of newsfeeds/RSS/Atom/etc in order to best utilize my limited web time. [more inside]
posted by nevercalm on Nov 16, 2005 - 18 answers

Why does the text to a particular feed get smaller and smaller in bloglines? It looks like a vision test, where each paragraph is smaller than the previous one. Can I do anything about this? [more inside]
posted by callmejay on Nov 10, 2005 - 3 answers

How do I easily keep my feed subscriptions the same bewteen FeedDemon on Windows and NetNewsWire on Mac OS X? [more inside]
posted by dnm on Jun 23, 2005 - 4 answers

Can anyone suggest good PHP books or existing scripts that can help me successfully parse RSS 1.0, 2.0 and Atom 0.3 feeds, then save them to a MySQL database? [more inside]
posted by jeanmari on Mar 28, 2005 - 3 answers

I don't understand RSS, and even less so, Atom. Can anyone provide a simple layman's explanation of them? [more inside]
posted by swank6 on Mar 29, 2004 - 6 answers