Sharon Renae - RSS Feed

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What is RSS anyway?

Really Simple Syndication or RSS, is a great way to keep up with new information on interesting websites that you visit often. RSS uses special code that constantly checks for updates or new information on a particular website, and then sends the information to subscribers (that would be you.) Normally, if you were interested in determining if a website has been updated with new content, you would have to visit that website over and over again. RSS solves this problem.

How does it work?

When you see cool orange box logos, they are usually linked to a webpage or file. This URL is sometimes called a feed or RSS feed.

The website that provides the RSS feeds will update their feeds every time they update content on their website.

Next, in order to use this RSS feed, you will need a RSS reader. What a RSS reader does is checks the feed several times per hour. Instead of you checking a website many times for updates, an RSS reader will check for you and notify you if there is any new content.

There are a number of RSS readers to choose from. Some of them are installed to your computer and some are run online via a website.

Here's a list of different RSS readers you may be interested in. I prefer using the RSS reader that is built into my email client "Thunderbird".

How do I set it up?

1. Every website that supports RSS, will have a logo that links to a URL (or feed)
2. Copy this URL and add it to your RSS reader.
3. Once you have done that you will be subscribed to that feed.
4. Your RSS Reader will notify you when new content is added to the webpage.
5. You can read the new content in your RSS reader, or access the content directly on the website. The choice is yours.

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1. Websites that support RSS will provide you with a URL.
2. Add the URL to your RSS Reader.
3. Your RSS reader will notify you when new content is available.

Hopefully this information will help clear the way for you and you'll be one step close to geekdom. Oh, and don't forget to subscribe to my News.