Create an RSS feed from a web page

October 6, 2013 5:45 AM

I would like to create an RSS feed from a Peanuts cartoon web page, specifically http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts My RSS reader can't find a feed there. Is there a way to get one anyway or "construct" one? Thanks.
posted by feelinggood to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: Why not use the one they have? Click on RSS feeds then search for peanuts. Here is the RSS they provide
posted by chasles at 5:59 AM on October 6, 2013

If the RSS reader you use isn't in their list, you should be able to copy the URL and add it manually to your RSS feed - there should be an "add content" option. What RSS reader do you use?
posted by lyssabee at 8:18 AM on October 6, 2013

Response by poster: Thanks, chasles. That was embarrassingly easy. Sorry I missed it.
posted by feelinggood at 8:21 AM on October 6, 2013 [1 favorite]

For future reference in this same situation: You could have used a scraping service like Feed43 to construct an RSS feed from the plain web page. It takes a bit of HTML knowledge to pull off, but I use that service for quite a few sites that don't offer RSS feeds at all.
posted by gemmy at 10:02 AM on October 6, 2013