Drupal is a spectacular platform for social networking sites. We use the platform to great success for blogging. Out of the box, however, it doesn’t handle RSS as well as an experienced individual in the world of Web 2.0 would like.
Using the views module, you can create great RSS feeds from various content types.
The problem, however, is that the feed doesn’t show at the top of web browsers (like my image below of FireFox).
Enter the Feed Path Publisher Module. It is a simple and effective module.
Here are the steps.
- After you have installed the feed path publisher module you’ll need to make sure that your role has permissions to manage and you’ll go to /admin/content/feed_path_publisher (example.com/admin/content/feed_path_publisher) to administer.
- If you click on the “add” tab, you will have the option to add a title, path prefix and feed.
- Path Prefix. Currently, it would appear, the only option is to have your path on the front page or all pages. If you want the path only available on the front page, enter <front> otherwise the RSS will be available on all paths.
- Feed. You can use the feed you generate with the views module or, as I have done here, use a feed managed via feedburner.
- Now, when you go to the pages in your site, your feed icon will appear in your web browser and you’ll be set.
Required modules for this tutorial:
Views (for RSS creation)
