Project Focus Area 1

For my project in focus area 1 I created an RSS feed for my program website. The RSS feed can be accessed from the home page (link is located on the right side, on the news section) at the address below, it will provide some information on how to access and subscribe to it.

http://rimspi.csusb.edu/interngrant/test/index.html

To create this feed, first you need to create an xml formatted document. This document provides the description and links of the feed, it is formatted for RSS 2.0 which provides a the necessary code to be accessed with most aggregators (e.g. Explorer 7 & Mozilla's FireFox). Here is an example of the code.

http://rimspi.csusb.edu/interngrant/test/rss/rssfeed_sourcecode.doc

There are many special features that allow you to customize your feed. I decided to use a css stylesheet to go along with my feed, it provides it with a distinctive look for navigation. Here is an example of the code.

http://rimspi.csusb.edu/interngrant/test/rss/cssstylesheet_rss.doc

The purpose of this project is to visitors who subcribe to this to receive updated content directly to their aggregators, which is similar to an email, but without spam or viruses. Some RSS feeds allow subscribers to select specific content they would like to receive, but this is a future project for our site as we add more information.