A collection of 7 FAQs on RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Clear answers are provided with tutorial samples on introduction to Website syndication technology; RSS and Atom syndication file standards and versions.

In this Mother of Perl tutorial, we will write a short Perl script (less than 100 lines) that retrieves an XML RSS file from the Web or local file system and converts it to HTML. Using a Server Side Include (SSI) or similar method, you can easily add news headlines from any number of sources to your Web site.

This is a combination tutorial on and generator for Rich Site Summary (RSS) news feed applets. The RSS Applet Configurator service (http://www.webreference.com/cgi-bin/xml/rssappletconfig.pl) is a Perl driven on-line form that accepts the address of an RSS channel and interface decisions (such as background color and item mouseover color), then generates Java code for a customized applet for the user's site.