COIN 78 - XML Extra Credit (Sitemap)

COIN78 - XML Extra Credit (Sitemap and RSS)

XML Sitemap

This is an optional assignment, worth 5 to 10 points. You will create an XML sitemap file for your website, or for a fictitious website, similiar to sitemap.xml with at least 5 records in it.

Build a simple XML site map, using the example file as a guide. Do not use a software tool for this - instead try doing it by hand, unless your website has more than 20 pages in it. Email this file to me as an attachment (5 points)
Upload the file to your website, and send my the URL linking to it (email) or post it in ETUDES. (5 points)
Notify Google that the file has been uploaded, and copy and paste a confirmation of that into the assignment window. Note that you will need to be a registered Google webmaster to get full credit for this part of the assignment.

It may take you a while to become a Google webmaster - for notes on this see http://www.google.com/webmasters/

This may take you some time to configure - so don't delay too long!

RSS

This is an optional assignment, worth 5 to 10 points. You will create an RSS file and or feed for your website, or for a fictitious website, similiar to RSS Sample with at least 5 records in it.

Build a simple RSS feed, with at least 5 records. Do not use a software tool for this - instead try doing it by hand. Email this file to me as an attachment, and or submit a link to the file. (5 points)
Upload the RSS file to your website, and send my the URL linking to it (email) or post it in ETUDES. (up to 5 points)
Test the RSS file by pointing your RSS aware Web browser, and or RSS reader, at the URL (up to 5 points)

I will assign from 5 to 20 points for the entire assignment based upon how much effort was put into the work. You can get even more points if you embed HTML into the RSS feed using CDATA.