xml auto spawn?

[website]

hello, i am curious:

is there a way using xml,(through rss maybe) to have something auto update on a website every 24 hours?

example: lets say my site is the "daily-picture.com" and i wanted a new picture to auto spawn onto my website once a day, and stay there for 24 hours until the next spawn.

is this possible? if so, how.

[athinktank]

RSS, realy simple syndication, can do this if there is someone publishing photos via rss that you want to post on your site. If there is, then you can develop a page, jsp, php, jhtml, whatever, that can then consume that publication and use it on you site. When the publisher updates the rss, then it will be updated on your site.

When looking at RSS, make sure that the publisher has granted enough rights for you to reuse the photo in the manor that you are (creative commons, private use, public use, commercial non-commercial). Their site should spell it out.

The key to your question is, do you have a source of these photos and when do they update their photos. If you are the publisher with the photos, then a system should be easy enough to build around your daily shots. If this was the case, I would consider rss a bit of over kill unless you wanted to all others to consume / use these photos.

[website]

thanks for the reply, good ideas