The RSS and JavaScript Cookbook: Rip, Mix, Burn

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What is an RSS feed?

An RSS Feed is a dynamically generated summary of information or news published on other web sites- so when the published RSS changes, your web site will be automatically changed too. (definition from Alan Levine's Feed2JS introductory page)

What is JavaScript?

JavaScript is a simple scripting language that can interact with HTML source code, enabling web authors to spice up their sites with dynamic content. ASU Information Overload Glossary

What can you do with RSS and JavaScript?

You can pull content from a variety of sources (journal tables of contents, social bookmarking sites, blogs, news sites, or anything else with an RSS feed) and syndicate it on a single Web page or in courseware. Because the content is syndicated from its original source, your page automatically updates as the content is updated at the source.

Tools to Display an RSS feed on any Web page or within courseware

Feed2JS - http://www.feed2js.org/

Grazr - http://www.grazr.com

RSS to JavaScript - http://www.rss-to-javascript.com/

Tools to Mix RSS Feeds

RSS Mix - http://www.rssmix.com/

KickRSS - http://www.kickrss.com/

Feed Blendr - http://feedblendr.com/

Social Bookmarking Sites with RSS feeds

del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us

Furl - http://www.furl.net

Spurl - http://www.spurl.net -- includes an option to paste JavaScript of the feed - no translation service necessary!

blinklist - http://blinklist.com/ -- also includes cut-and-paste JavaScript.

Paul R. Pival

Distance Education Librarian

University of Calgary

ppival at ucalgary.ca

Blog: http://distlib.blogs.com

IM: http://library.ucalgary.ca/u.php?id=246

Meredith Farkas

Distance Learning Librarian

Norwich University

mfarkas at norwich.edu

http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/