WEBLOGRSS.COM — RSS PUBLISHING RELEASE CHECKLIST FEED IDENTITY [ ] Public feed URL is stable and returns 200. [ ] Channel title, homepage link, description, and language are accurate. [ ] Every item has a stable identifier and canonical link. [ ] Publication and modification dates are honest and timezone-aware. CONTENT [ ] Summary or full content is readable outside the website template. [ ] Relative links and image URLs have been converted to absolute URLs. [ ] Images include useful alt text and reasonable dimensions. [ ] Drafts, preview URLs, and staging hosts are absent. DISCOVERY AND SEO [ ] HTML head contains RSS autodiscovery. [ ] A visible feed link is present in the site interface. [ ] Feed item links match page canonicals and sitemap URLs. [ ] Old feed URLs redirect permanently after a migration. VALIDATION AND BEHAVIOR [ ] XML parses and passes a feed syntax validator. [ ] The feed has been tested in at least two readers. [ ] Editing an item does not create a duplicate. [ ] The public endpoint sends an appropriate content type. [ ] Monitoring and backups cover the feed generation path.