Need help creating an RSS feed from Joomla 1.7 site - joomla

I'll try to make this clear. I need to make a few pages of my Joomla site into RSS feeds. I don't need the entire site.
I've run into several examples of how to do it, but none of them are really clear. Can anyone PLEASE tell me the easiest, most effective way to do it?
I've never worked with RSS feeds before, so please make it as simple and clear as possible.
I really appreciate it.
Thank you.

To make a feed in Joomla you just make a view.feed.php file that sits next to your view.html.php file. Basically you just follow the model from one of the category feeds. You are using the feed document.

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Ok before you do anything, have a real think to yourself, is Joomla really the best option? Your client requires a 1 page website, therefore what would be the point in loading a full blown CMS just for that. Joomla, when zipped up, is more or less 8MB. Out of all honestly, I would even find the likes of Wordpress still too big for a project of this size.
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Hope this helps
I was looking for a solution myself for quite a while. I came up with the following two soutions:
Like #mattosmat said for a joomla one page site the simplest solution actually is it to declare one section as the main componenent and create the other section with cusom-made joomla modules.
Use wordpress with the advanced field plugin to create a single-page website.
Actually if a clients wish is it to create a single page website with cck and cms features i create these projects in wordpress and not in joomla anymore in my opinion its the wrong plattform.
I Have One Word!!!
BOOTSTRAP!!!! IS the way to go.. simple,succinct,beginner friendly. Doesnt matter if you really make it in Joomla! or anything else.
And for head start, look up "Scrollspy" in Bootstrap.

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helo all!
i want to see the numbers of comments of any article on frontpage in joomla.
how can I add this plugin or module for the readers know the numbers of commments per article...
sorry for my english :D
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