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Secrets of RSS

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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

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.

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 However, some resources are no longer valid, it does its job of giving you the complete picture along with what and where to look for.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.

I am disappointed by purchasing this book. This book would give you just general overview of various ways about rss.

Information on Initial chapter keep on referring to later chapter in the book and information on later chapter are also just general.