RSS source from my site

[#1]

I am trying to experiment with an RSS news page on my F9 site.
1) Is there any plusnet code for this? If so where please
2) I am looking at using MagicRSS which requires 2 php files to be put in my "root" directory. Plusnet say they must go in the cgi space instead.
3) Does anyone know how to implement a date on an RSS page so that the news received via an RSS reader (I use NewsFox) is relevant and can be deleted when x days old. Also it lets the reader know which is new news and which not.
4) Does Plusnet have a date code/function to achieve the above from within the server (s)
5) My site is via F9 not Plusnet, do I have to alter any paths no my HTML page to cgi scripts to say Plusnet instead or will both work or what?
Many thanks

[#2]

Is this the kind of thing you're talking about?
http://www.robdickson.co.uk/otherpages/bbcnews.php
There's plenty of code available. Try typing RSS to HTML into a search engine.
http://www.feedforall.com/free-php-script.htm
http://www.rss2html.com/
http://www.blinkbits.com/feed/build.php
Rob

[#3]

I dont know were you are getting all your information from but you dont need any of that. All a RSS feeds are simple XML files you put into you normal webspace and put a link to the xml file as a RSS feed.

here is an example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="sample.css" type="sample.css"?>
<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Platform 1 Skate Park</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark</link><description>The new skate park in Crewe called Platform 1 on Tipkinder </description><copyright>Jan Wright</copyright><managingEditor>Jan Wright</managingEditor><webMaster>Jan Wright</webMaster><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:16:03 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 22:07:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark/logo2.jpg</url><title>Platform 1 Skate Park</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark</link></image><item><title>Chavs Strike again</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark/news.htm</link><description>3 times this week skaters have turned up and found there has been a fire in the bowl. It hasnt done much damage but they are a pain in the rear so if you see them report them dont let them win. We are chasing CCTV for the park</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{221c5fd0-1097-787e-48a-c70983e482e1}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:57:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Website updated</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark/</link><description>As the park is now open we have updated the website with lots of new pages. </description><guid isPermaLink="false">{174ec200-cc8e-75d7-8795-9a444a85add5}</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:08:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alsager Sk8 Park</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark/news.htm</link><description>New plans updated for the new SK8 park at Alsager we need skaters to give feedback on the plans contact us now</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{cd5d3db1-fb6-f07e-7872-e291d2b078ff}</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:09:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SK8 Videos</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark/vids.htm</link><description>We now have a dedicated video page so send us you videos</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{e34494dc-e5e-1005-8bc4-4958c6bd16fc}</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BMX Grand opening on 5th Augst</title><link>http://www.janwright.co.uk/creweskatepark/news.htm</link><description>The BMX track grand opening day will be the 5th August when the regional finals will be run on the new Olympic standard track stay tuned for more news.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">{78e5c1fc-31b5-2931-d3f6-c7c2ea5949cc}</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 22:07:37 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
If you use firefox all you need is RSS editor free extention if you dont already have it. You simple fill in a form and it creates the file for you up load it add a link on your site job done.
If you want the browser to pick it up on its own and show the page has a rss feed add
<line rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"  href="http://www.janwright.co.uk/jan.xml" title="Jan's Home Page RSS Feed">
<link href="http://www.janwright.co.uk/jan.xml" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Jan's Home Page RSS Feed" />
to the head of you page (change for your own page of coarse)
Firefox dates it so it solves all your problems. Using Firefox RSS editor its a 10 min job to get it going no PHP cgi fbi cia or anything else

[#4]

ok thanks I will try out some of the stuff you have both posted.

[#5]

the addon you want for Firefox is
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/344
Install it open it add the details add items save as feed.xml  put it on your normal site with a link to the file name and the jobs done

[#6]

It depends on exactly what you want to achieve.
If you want to create an RSS feed, then you are correct, all an RSS feed is an XML file.
However, I thought that rpaco wanted to use the information from somebody else's RSS feed (for example the BBC News RSS feed), and put that information on his/her website in HTML. If this is the case, then the links that I posted will save him/her having to code this.