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1. davezatz
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Anyone have any advice on duplicating my RSS 2.0 feed? Basically, I need a separate version for a site that will be syndicating my posts. So my first task is just to duplicate the feed. Then I'll worry how to add their custom crap. ;) Thanks!

2. davezatz
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   OK, here's my thought - correct me if I'm wrong. :)

   I copy wp-rss2.php as wp-custom-rss.php. Now how do I craft an URL or make WP do it for me? For example, the address I give out for feeds is http://www.domain.com/feed. How would I end up with something like http://www.domain.com/custom-feed?

   Thanks!

3. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   the same way you ended up with the first example: http://www.domain.com/feed

   Thats done using rewrite rules, externally or internally, you decide.

4. davezatz
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   The first example was given to me by WordPress I believe. But even when I tried http://www.domain.com/?feed=custom-feed nothing comes up. I can get to it via http://www.domain.com/wordpress/wp-custom-feed.php but read in a previous thread that is not the ideal method. I feel like I'm missing something, that I need to tell some other file where to find my new feed to publish it right.

5. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You can either create a plugin to do the rewrite or you can do it in your .htaccess.

   Look a this:

   http://www.village-idiot.org/specialkl.php

   thats just a copy of my wp-rss2.php file

   If I want to make that
   http://www.village-idiot.org/specialfeed .. all I have to is edit my .htaccess and use the proper rewrite rule.

   RewriteRule ^specialfeed/?$ specialkl.php [QSA,L]

   and its done:
   http://www.village-idiot.org/specialfeed

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   ...that I need to tell some other file where to find my new feed to publish it right.

   Of course you do.. but that has nothing to do with any of this. If you were submitting a feed to anywhere you would probably have to submit a url to the feed. Thats pretty commonplace.

6. davezatz
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Thank you for explaining it to me. It sounds like it's purely for looks, right. So I should be fine just giving them this address: http://www.domain.com/wordpress/wp-custom-feed.php ?

7. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   if that works, absolutely :)

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