April 15, 2004

OPML and MoveableType

I have a number of blogs set up at work with another blog used as an index page to all the other blogs. On this index blog I have also set up a link to an automatically generated OPML file. OPML is used to define multiple RSS feeds that can be loaded into an RSS applications. This allows the easy import of multiple RSS feeds. Below is a MoveableType template for creating an OPML file that contains the RSS feeds for all the blogs in the current instance of MoveableType.

Moveable Type Template
<?xml version=“1.0”?>
<!--OPML generated by Egon Kuster using MoveableType-->
<opml version=“1.0”>
  • <head>
    <title>c2dweblogs.opml</title>
    <dateCreated>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:46:39 GMT</dateCreated>
    <dateModified>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:46:39 GMT</dateModified>
    </head>
    <body>
    <MTBlogs>

    <outline text=“<MTBlogName>” description=“<MTBlogDescription>” htmlUrl=“<MTBlogURL>” title=“<MTBlogName>” type=“rss” version=“RSS” xmlUrl=“<MTBlogURL>index.rdf” />
    </MTBlogs>
    </body>

</opml>

To use create a new template and name the file with a .opml extension. Then copy and paste the above XML into the details section of the template. Save the template and rebuild the site. You will also need to create a link to this file so users can download it. Hey presto you now have an automatically generated OPML file for use within RSS applications to subscribe to all blogs on your site.

Posted by Egon Kuster at April 15, 2004 08:17 PM
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