Batch Processes

Create or Update RSS Feed

This batch process will create an RSS file containing snippets of all the files you have selected. You can create a new file, or update an existing RSS file. This process uses RSS version 0.91

RSS feeds can be used for any number of purposes; the possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Two examples are:

Syndicate Your Site: You can allow other websites to include snippets of your articles on their sites, with links back to your site. Every time you update your RSS feed, the other websites' content will automatically update.
Featured Product or Article: You could include a short PHP script in your front page that selects a random entry from your RSS feed every time the page is opened, and displays that entry as a "Featured Product" or "Featured Article".
PHP scripts that use RSS feeds are freely available on the internet; just find one that does what you need, and include it in your site.

To use this batch process, add all the files you wish to process using the button marked . You may remove unwanted files by selecting them and clicking the button marked , and you can clear the entire list by clicking the button marked . You may also drag-and-drop files and folders into the file list. Hold down the control button to add all the files in subfolders as well. The file list will list the file name, the source folder and the subfolder under which the file will be placed in it's URL.

Next, select a target file. This is the RSS file you wish to create or update.

Next, select your options:

Introduction

This simple introduction tells you what the process does, and allows you to edit the options used for the process.

Feed

These options allow you to define a Title, Description, URL and language for your entire feed. If you are updating an existing file, you can select whether or not to overwrite the existing information.

Items

These options allow you to set how many characters should be in the Title and Snippet of each item and the base URL to use for all items. The Target Subfolder and the filename of each item will be added to this root URL, to get the item's individual URL.

You may also tell the process how to decide whether to update an existing item or add a new item to an existing RSS feed.

Once all your options have been selected, click Start to run the batch process.