RSS is far from dead, and its validators are merciless. One unescaped character or malformed item and readers drop the whole feed. Writing the XML by hand makes the first failure almost certain.
Enter channel info and items and it builds a valid RSS 2.0 feed. Validate the result with an online validator after each material edit, and submit the feed URL to the directories that matter.
Try it now: open the free tool, runs 100{ddff9936f8333f09603555df7bd6492034f3a4a35de784276d3cf3d66166a113} in your browser.
Bottom line: build valid feed XML and keep the old channel breathing.
Your turn: use the tool free here, no signup, nothing leaves your device.
How do you use RSS Feed Builder?
Open the RSS Feed Builder in your browser (Simple feed XML). Type or paste your input, adjust the options, and copy the result. Everything runs locally on your device with no account and nothing stored, so the three steps below take seconds even for confidential work.
- Paste the data or snippet you want to process.
- Run the tool and watch the output update.
- Copy the result for use in your own code.
Try RSS Feed Builder free. It opens right in your browser.