Secrets of RSS [Paperback]

Steven E. Holzner (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321426223 | ISBN-13: 978-0321426222 | Publication Date: June 17, 2006 | Edition: 1

Whether you want to create your own RSS feeds or just would like to locate and add them to your Web site, this is the book for you. In the Secrets of RSS, author Steve Holzner provides real-world guidance and advice to introduce you everything you need to know about effectively implementing and using RSS:

•    How to connect to RSS feed, handle them, and track down what you want
•    The difference between RSS and blogs, and how nearly every major RSS reader works
•    How to design an RSS feed, what you'll find in RSS feeds, and formats and links
•    Create your own first RSS feed from scratch:and subscribe to it
•    Putting RSS to work in the real-world
•    The free tools and software available to help you create RSS files
•    Finding, subscribing to, and creating podcasts
•    Spreading the word about your RSS feed
•    RSS best practices
•    And more!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Steven Holzner is an award-winning author of 95 books; his books have included many bestsellers, sold over two million copies worldwide, and been translated into 18 languages. He's been writing about XML topics, including RSS (and its parent specification, RDF), since XML 1.0 first appeared and he's also been a contributing editor for PC Magazine. Steve received his BS from MIT and a PhD from Cornell, and has been on the faculty of both universities. He also runs his own company for teaching classes to corporate clients, Onsite Global (www.onsiteglobal.com).

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (June 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321426223
• ISBN-13: 978-0321426222
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,832,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steven Holzner is an award-winning author who has written extensively on Ajax and JavaScript. With over 100 titles published, he's sold over a million copies of his books and been translated into 16 languages. As a former faculty member of MIT and Cornell, he teaches corporate seminars around the country.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview and how-to on RSS, October 9, 2007

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Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets of RSS (Paperback)

RSS is interesting on a number of levels. As a consumer of information, RSS lets you get massive amounts of information in a convenient manner, allowing you to quickly hone in on what you want to read. As a distributor of information (i.e., a blogger or website owner), RSS lets you distribute information easily which may increase readership of your efforts.

But what do you really have to know about RSS as a consumer or distributor of information? Well, depending on your level of curiousity, it may be a lot or a little.

And to your rescue comes Steven Holzner. Holzner has written a ton - the back cover says 95 - of books of technical subjects. I've read many of them and haven't found a bad one yet. This is no exception.

Holzner covers just about every aspect of RSS, from defining and explaining what it is to RSS readers to creating feeds manually. It's really quite thorough and Holzner has a gift for making technology understandable.

Highly recommended for anyone seeking an introductory to medium grounding in RSS.

Jerry

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written Look to RSS, August 25, 2006

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R. Walling (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secrets of RSS (Paperback)

Steven Holzner does a wonderful job of starting with the very basics of RSS and moving onto more advanced topics towards the end of the book. He covers RSS Feeds, RSS Readers, Blogging with RSS, Podcasting, Publicizing your feeds, RSS Best Practices, and a few other topics.

The book is well-written and easy to read, and well-designed (something I've found with all of Peachpit's titles. While most folks won't be interested in the details of creating a feed by hand, or the subtle differences between versions of the RSS standard, these tidbits ensure the book is a complete treatment of the subject.

For $15 (here on Amazon) you're not going to find a better look at RSS.

4.0 out of 5 stars good for RSS curious marketeers., October 11, 2011

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Prabhu Ram "Prabhu Ram" (Bangalore, India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secrets of RSS (Paperback)

I read a lot about RSS in bit and pieces. But was not able to connect the dots. This books though old today gives you a complete drive into the RSS world, with both functionality and technicality. Also it has good resources of places to look for RSS information. However, some resources are no longer valid, it does its job of giving you the complete picture along with what and where to look for.

If you are someone getting started with RSS like me and like to read from scale of functionality to little technical, then this book is good to keep you engaged.