DEPLOYMENT OF AN ENHANCED WEB-BASED REALLY SIMPLE SYNDICATION (RSS) AGGREGATOR

Abstract

ABSTRACT There is too much information for consumption in the world, hence a struggle to keep ourselves up to date with new publications in our various fields of discipline and research interest. Information overload can be very frustrating, this can be prevented by utilizing tools/technologies that provide effective information management, of which Really Simple Syndication (RSS) software is an example. The system is developed with the use of Bootsratps (JavaScript (JS), Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) for the system interface, php (a script language for coding the functionalities), and wamp server (apache, mysql, Hypertext Pre-processor (PHP)) as a development environment for apache, mysql and php databases.The proposed system allows users to subscribe to websites from which they can be frequently updated with information including audio and video, blog entries, news headlines, etc. The proposed system is designed to eliminate the user's requirement to manually monitor the website for new contents. Instead, the system continuously monitors the site and notifies users of any changes. The administrator portal is incorporated for the purposes of managing the content available in the system. The system manages all the contents that the user subscribes to and the user receives updates as and when they sign-in. This saves time and helps with quick access to published or available information.