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# Backend Configuration

Other sites can list your site's headlines (with links) in their web pages. These sites use what is often called an RSS feed, which is essentially an XML file laid out according to one of the RSS specifications. This section of configuration allows you to set some specifics about how the RSS file is generated for your site. You may link to news items on other websites by defining an RSS Block, which is explained in detail in the section Advanced Website Configuration -> Blocks, further on in this Guide.

- Backend title: This is a one-line description of the page containing your news headlines. Specify something other than your site name in this field, since the site name (as defined in Site Name, above) is automatically displayed. Text in the Backend Title field can show up on the link back to your site or may be displayed to identify the source from which this RSS file comes. For example, "`The best in news & reviews!`"

- Backend language: From the drop-down list, select the language for the RSS feed from your site.

If another site wishes to syndicate your news and requests the URL for your RSS feed, answer them with http://www.yoursite.com/backend.php.

NOTE: By default, the RSS feed is available. To turn it off, rename or delete the backend.php file.

OTTO: CLARIFY. To test that your RSS feed is functioning, open it in your browser, which will show it to you in XML layout. You can also go to http://publish.curry.com/rss and http://www.wc.cc.va.us/services/news to see sample output from your RSS file.

To include a RSS feed from another site, create an RSS Block. (See the section "Advanced Website Configuration -> Blocks" elsewhere in this guide.)

For more information about RSS, see http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/ and http://blogspace.com/rss. A simple step-by-step tutorial on the components of an RSS feed is at http://www.jamsterdam.com/rss092.

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