Unusual RSS tools

Unusual RSS tools
BySharon Housley masses have adopted RSS as a more mainstream communication medium, Web 2.0 companies and publishers have adopted unique and unusual tools to manipulate RSS content. Here are just some of the various RSS tools that is available at the moment ... RSS to PDF Feedbooks, a free RSS aggregator, takes in RSS feeds and converts them into compiled PDFs. PDF-files yet include a table of contents. Feedbooks is free to use, and registration will provide access to more options. A similar alternative is RSS2PDF, which also is a free online service that lets you turn an RSS or OPML newsfeed into a PDF file.

FeedBooks-http://www.feedbooks.com/news
RSS2PDF-http://rss2pdf.com/

RSS to image RSS2Gif is a service that converts RSS feeds to images. Service conversion is a free Web-based service. RSS2Gif-http://www.navi-gez.de/rss2gif/ RSS to email RSSFwd is a free Web-based service that allows visitors to subscribe to RSS content via their e-mail address. The service polls subscribed RSS feeds, converts them to HTML-formatted e-mail messages, and then delivers them directly to the Subscriber's email inbox. RSSFwd-http://www.rssfwd.com/email to RSSMailBucket is a public email-to-RSS gateway. Simply forward your email to your-user-name@mailbucket.org and subscribe to news feed at mailbucket.org/your-user-name.xml. Generated RSS feeds are public and not permanent, so be sure to click. MailBucket-http://www.mailbucket.org/index.html database to RSSThe SQL2RSS.PHP script, you can easily create RSS feeds from an SQL database. The script currently supports the conversion of MySQL databases to RSS feeds. When using SQL2RSS script, the Publisher has complete control over the content in the resulting RSS feed. Administrators and publishers control the database query, which allows them the flexibility to determine what data is inserted into the RSS feeds from the database. SQL2RSS script allows users to easily convert information that is stored in a database to a RSS feed for syndication and distribution. SQL2RSS-http://www.sql2rss.com RSS to database The RSS2SQL.PHP script, you can easily create SQL databases from RSS feeds. The script currently supports the conversion of RSS feeds into MySQL databases. When using the RSS2SQL script, the Publisher has complete control over the content in the resulting database. Administrators and publishers control which RSS feed fields are used in the database, giving them the flexibility to determine what data is inserted into the database. RSS2SQL- Twitter http://www.rss2sql.com TwitterFeed is a service that will automatically "Twitter" any post that you publish on your blog. TwitterFeed-http://www.twitterfeed.com/ RSS to SMS RSS to SMS is a free service that sends messages to a mobile phone for each new item posted to an RSS feed. Remember, normal text messaging charges from your provider telecom uses, so it may not be ideal, if large amounts are involved. Yahoo-http://alerts.yahoo.com/edit_feedalert.php?.Done = http://Alerts.yahoo.com/myalerts.php convert text to speech SpokenText automatically converts RSS feeds to speech. While this service is especially useful for visually impaired persons, it can be used by anyone. SpokenText-http://www.spokentext.com Web 2.0 syndication tools are finally catching up with technology. There are a number of unusual ways that companies take advantage of RSS feeds. About the author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and podcasts. In addition, manages Sharon marketing for RecordForAll http://www.recordforall.com audio recording and editing software.

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