Feedburner, RSS Feeds & XML Output.

Feb 4

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Awhile back, I worked on a project that was a site that used ASP (or .NET, or some sort of Windows prestidigitation) and needed to place a RSS feed from a Wordpress blog, into the site and feed the XML through a script I found on my search across the interwebz. So the question remained. Could I feed and XML file through and display it on an ASP-driven site, from a PHP-driven blog?

Yes.

I could have used a simple Javascript script I found, or I could have used a crafty jQuery plugin I found.

What the kicker was, was that I did not realize that Feedburner had output an XML formatted feed file. Lesson learned when I was setting up this site’s feed, with Feedburner, and was clicking around after I set everything up. Voila! I click a tab and I see the magical mystery that was the “XML Source” link. So, the mystery was solved. Feedburner does output an XML source. Excellent!

So, I figure I would do those a favor and tell those who are stuck in the same predicament I was stuck in a few weeks back.

Step One: Click your site name or “Feed Title”

Step Two: Find the “Optimize” tab

Step 3: Find the “XML Source” menu selection

Step 4: Grab your XML source!

That’s it! You’ve successfully retrieved your Feedburner XML source!

The reason why I posted this, is that I hadn’t been mucking around with Feedburner for awhile. Before they were acquired by Google, as a matter of fact. I don’t remember there being the option, not saying there wasn’t, but I don’t remember the option of the XML source. It had been that long. Call it stupidity or an oversight, everything just clicked today when I dove back into Feedburner, so I hope this article helps.

I hope this helps in solving that question you may have, and if this article helps one person, then my job here is done!