RSS Channel Element Tutorial

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RSS Channel Element Tutorial:
The <channel> element describes the RSS feed, and has child elements:

Required child tags of channel element:

The <title> Tag

The <title> Defines the title of the channel.

Example:

<title>hscripts.com</title>

The <link> Tag

The <link> Defines the hyperlink to the channel.

Example:

The <description> Tag

The <description> Describes the channel.

Example:

<description>Free Tools and Tutorials</description>

Optional child tags of channel element:

The <category> Tag

The <category> child element is used to specify a category for your feed.

The <category> element makes it possible for RSS aggregators to group sites based on category.

Example:

<category>Web development</category>

The <copyright> Tag

The <copyright> child element notifies about copyrighted material.

Example:

<copyright>copyright of hscripts.com.</copyright>

The <image> Tag

The <image> child element allows an image to be displayed when aggregators present a feed.

The <image> element has three required child elements:

* <url> - Defines the URL to the image
* <title>- Defines the text to display if the image could not be shown
* <link> - Defines the hyperlink to the website that offers the channel

Example:

<image>
<url>http://www.hscripts.com/freeimages/logos/military/1-squadron-raf.php</url>
<title>hscripts.com</title>
<link>http://www.hscripts.com</link>
</image>

The <language> Tag:

The <language> child element is used to specify the language used to write your document.

The <language> element makes it possible for RSS aggregators to group sites based on language.

Example: