Blog Hosting on My Own Server?

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I have both my own URL and hosting for my website and would like to add an RSS feed to notify people when I’ve added new art to my website. I know about Wordpress and other blog sites but my question is can I add the RSS feed somehow without opening a Wordpress or other account? I’d like to store everything on my own server instead.

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You don’t need a wordpress.com account to host WordPress. You can download it for free from wordpress.org

It might be simpler to use WordPress only for it’s RSS feeds that it generates, but IMHO it would be a bit overkill if you’re not using it for your site.

An RSS feed is only an XML file in a certain format. You could create it in a text editor if you don’t need to update it that often. Then upload it to it’s URL. It could be a bit of a maintenance problem though if you need to edit and upload often.

Or you could use PHP code to create the XML file dynamically. I do so for a feed that changes daily that pulls data from a CSV file, but you could pull from a database instead easily enough. Pulling from page content would be a bit trickier, but it’s possible.

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Imma give that a shot. Thanks for your advice!
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