Free Website Content
Unique RSS Tools
As the masses have adopted RSS as a more
mainstream communication medium, Web 2.0 businesses
and publishers have adopted unique and unusual tools
to manipulate RSS content. Here are just some of the
various RSS tools that are currently available...
RSS To PDF
Feedbooks, a free RSS aggregator, takes
in RSS feeds and converts them into compiled PDFs. The
PDFs even include a table of contents. Feedbooks is
free to use, and registering will provide access to
more options. A similar alternative is RSS2PDF, which
is also a free online service that lets you turn an
RSS or OPML newsfeed into a PDF.
FeedBooks - http://www.feedbooks.com/news
RSS2PDF - http://rss2pdf.com/
RSS To Image
RSS2Gif is a service that converts RSS
feeds to images. The conversion service is a free web-based
service.
RSS2Gif - http://www.navi-gez.de/rss2gif/
RSS To Email
RSSFwd is a free web-based service that
allows visitors to subscribe to RSS content via their
email address. The service polls the subscribed RSS
feeds, converts them into HTML-formatted email messages,
and then delivers them directly to the subscriber's
email inbox.
RSSFwd - http://www.rssfwd.com/
Email To RSS
MailBucket is a public email-to-RSS gateway.
Simply forward your email to your-user-name@mailbucket.org
and subscribe to the news feed at mailbucket.org/your-user-name.xml.
The generated RSS feeds are public and not permanent,
so keep that in mind.
MailBucket - http://www.mailbucket.org/index.html
Database To RSS
The SQL2RSS.PHP script allows you to
easily create RSS feeds from an SQL database. The script
currently supports the conversion of MySQL databases
to RSS feeds. When using the SQL2RSS script, the publisher
has complete control over the content in the resulting
RSS feed. Administrators and publishers control the
database query, which allows them the flexibility to
determine what data is inserted into the RSS feeds from
the database. The SQL2RSS script allows users to easily
convert information that is stored in a database into
an RSS feed, for syndication and distribution.
SQL2RSS - http://www.sql2rss.com
RSS To Database
The RSS2SQL.PHP script allows you to easily
create SQL databases from RSS feeds. The script currently
supports the conversion of RSS feeds into MySQL databases.
When using the RSS2SQL script, the publisher has complete
control over the content in the resulting database.
Administrators and publishers control which RSS feed
fields are used in the database, giving them the flexibility
to determine what data is inserted into the database.
RSS2SQL - http://www.rss2sql.com
Twitter
TwitterFeed is a service that will automatically
"twitter" any post that you publish on your blog.
TwitterFeed - http://www.twitterfeed.com/
RSS To SMS
RSS to SMS is a free service that sends
messages to a mobile phone for every new item posted
to an RSS feed. Keep in mind that normal text messaging
fees from your telecom provider apply, so this may not
be ideal if a large volume is involved.
Yahoo - http://alerts.yahoo.com/edit_feedalert.php?.done=http://alerts.yahoo.com/myalerts.php
Convert Text To Speech
SpokenText automatically converts RSS
feeds into speech. While this service is particularly
helpful to visually impaired individuals, it can be
used by anyone.
SpokenText - http://www.spokentext.com
Web 2.0 syndication tools are finally
catching up with the technology. There are a number
of unusual ways that businesses are utilizing RSS feeds.
About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com
software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds
and podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for
RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com
audio recording and editing software.
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