Step 1:

Create a file named feed.xml or something like this.  This file is what the actual RSS readers scan to create the feeds.  On your webpage, you should have a link to this file, something like:

Subscribe to our RSS feed!

Step 2:

Edit the feed.xml file with your web editor or some text editor.  In it, there are basically two sections, the header and the items.  The header specifies that it is an xml and rss file, and also gives it a title and description.  This is the header of my file:

<?xml version="1.0" ?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Summit Photogaphy News</title> <description>Summit Photography - What's New</description> <link>http://www.summit-photography.com/news.html</link>

The next sections are the links in your feed.  For instance, each time I update my news page, I add a section with a hyperlink to that headline.  For example here are two items:

<item> <title>09 June 2009:Art Walk Big Bear</title> <description></description> <link>http://www.summit-photography.com/news.html#090609</link> </item> <item> <title>16 April 2009:PCT Slide Show</title> <description></description> <link>http://www.summit-photography.com/news.html#160409</link> </item>

Each item has a title and description, and then a link to somewhere on my website.

Finally, the end of the file cleans up:

</channel> </rss>