Extension:Bullet Feed

What can this extension do?
Adds an action to pages that allows a bulleted list to be displayed as an RSS feed for easy updating and formatting on, for example, a main page. Links are not required for items, and if no link is given, the default link is  substituting where needed. This project was initially intended for a minimalistic view of the news page that could be posted on the main page without needing to reformat the page. Such example main pages would be http://hdwiki.nmu.edu.

Usage
Enclose the bulleted-list in the tags   and  , with the descriptions listed in between the tags   and  . This extension automatically puts an alternative link in the source of the page, so the orange RSS icon shown in Firefox or Internet Explorer 7 will revert to the RSS link, or you can access it directly via:.

Example
 This is an example of an item with a description. 
 * Item with link
 * Item without link
 * Item with a description
 * Item with other formatting options

Download instructions
Please cut and paste the code found below and place it in. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

Installation
To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

Thanks

 * Christopher Finke for helping me out with some issues with his RSS Ticker, an add-on for firefox
 * The immense contributors here on the MediaWiki extensions, your code helped understand the wiki much better to accomplish the goal.