Using WordPress to update a non-database-driven page?

OK, here is my setup.

I’m currently running eviscerati.org with WordPress.

I’m currently running ubersoft.net using perl scripts provided by my host that run every evening.

I can’t convert ubersoft.net over to WordPress for various reason which are too complicated to get into at the moment.

I have come across a php script that allows me parse my RSS feed for eviscerati.org, so that the 6 most recent articles are displayed on the front page of ubersoft.net… and this gave me an idea:

In order to add comments/news items/whatnot to the index page of Ubersoft.net, I have had to manually edit the template page and then run the host’s updater. This is sort of a pain in the neck. I like how I can go into WordPress on my other site, type in a message, and just publish it, without having to actually edit any files. So it occurs to me, is there any reason why I can’t use the php parsing script to do this with my front page?

Essentially, here’s what I’d want to do:

– set up a new article category in my eviscerati.org WordPress area called “ubersoft”

– set it up so that all articles in “ubersoft” do NOT show up on the front page of my wordpress site

– modify an rss feed so that it only acts as a feed for articles in the “ubersoft” category

– the new rss feed would only extract three “blocks” of information: the article title, the date the article was created, and the full body text of the article.

– I’d then use the php rss formatting script to take the feed and put it on the page as html.

What do you think? Would that work? Can anyone point me to information on how to create a custom rss feed that plays nice with WordPress?

Just wonderin’.