How to Create a Joomla RSS Feed
  • Step 1: Go to the RSS Feeds section on Joomla.org.
  • Step 2: Download one of these components: Kusoma RSS, BCA RSS Syndicator or the commercial jLord RSS Feed Creator. They are all good solutions. Our how-to here will focus on BCA RSS Syndicator.
  • Step 3: Install BCA RSS Syndicator via the Joomla installer.
  • Step 4: Go to Components >> BCA RSS Syndicator and click "New"
  • Step 5: Fill in the information requested. Most of these fields are self-explanatory. You can happily just give your feed a name and click save.

BCA RSS Feed

Collecting Data on Your RSS Feed

  • Step 6: After you've saved your feed, copy the URL or save it into a text editor.
  • Step 7: Go to http://feedburner.google.com and register. You can use your normal Google account or register with new information.
  • Step 8: Login and enter the URL for your RSS feed into this box:
RSS Feedburner
  • Step 8: Give your feed a name and URL. Make sure to write down the name of your new feed URL.
  • Step 9: Over the next few weeks, you can login back into Feedburner and see detailed information about how many people are subscribing to your feed:

RSS Statistics

Allowing Search Engines and Visitors to Find Your RSS Feed

  • Step 10: You can add your RSS link to the browser bar so that people can easily see a feed is available. Open up your template's index.php and add these lines between the tags:

  • Step 11: Go to https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit and submit your RSS feed.

Video Explaining How to Create a Joomla RSS Feed

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Your Comments (4)

johnny
October 18, 2010

thanks, very helpful

saurabh shah
November 12, 2010

Thanks very helpful tutorials.. looking for move cool tutorials bro !

Daniel
November 12, 2010

Bookmarked!

Celia
November 26, 2010

This is a very good tutorial, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us

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