Help with RSS

Asp.net 3.5 provides classes like "SyndicationFeed", "SyndicationItem", etc.. under namespace "System.ServiceModel.Syndication" which can be used to generate & read RSS Feed  .

For setting up a RSS feed for a particular site, u need to write code to generate RSS Feed. You can follow, given link for same:

http://www.geekpedia.com/tutorial157_Create-an-RSS-feed-using-ASP.NET-2.0.html

 Similary, The feed generated & published from one site, can be consumed by other site by reading the RSS feed.

Example code for reading RSS Feeds:

using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(_sourceURL)

                {

                    SyndicationFeedFormatter formatter = null;

                    Atom10FeedFormatter atom = new Atom10FeedFormatter();

                    Rss20FeedFormatter rss = new Rss20FeedFormatter();

                   SyndicationFeed feed;

                    // Determine the format of the feed

                    if (reader.ReadState == ReadState.Initial)

                    {

                        reader.MoveToContent();

                    }

                    if (atom.CanRead(reader))

                    {

                        formatter = atom;

                    }

                    if (rss.CanRead(reader))

                    {

                        formatter = rss;

                    }

                    if (formatter == null)

                    {

                        //return "The feed format is not supported";

                    }

                    formatter.ReadFrom(reader);

                    feed = formatter.Feed;

                }