RSS is a way of life these days, but there's no reason your site's RSS feed needs to look
like it was written by a computer. Sure, in order for an RSS feed to be read
by most RSS readers it needs to be valid XML, but who says you have to stop
there?
That's one of the many great things about XML, you can make your data look any way you want
when people view it by simply specifying a stylesheet. And the best part is that all the RSS
readers and feed consumers out there could care less... they still see the plain old XML
that they know and love.
Underneath, they're all just XML (as you can see by doing a "View Source" with your browser),
but right after the XML declaration on the first line you'll see a link to a stylesheet that looks something like this:
The stylesheet you use will determine what the resulting page looks like, but to get started take a look at the
stylesheets used by the feeds listed above.
Taking a look at those examples should get you well on your way to
creating a look and feel that works for your site's RSS feeds.
Finally humans and RSS readers can peacefully coexist!
