RSS Feed Help

Posted by admin

September 15, 2008

Note: Please subscribe to both the Posts feed and Comments feeds. This will keep you up to date on both the main post and the comments posted to those articles.
This page introduces RSS and helps you get started using it.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is technology you can use to have information sent to you, rather than having to go look for it. Most major web browsers including Microsoft Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox offer RSS as a way to have headlines delivered to your desktop. For example, when we publish new headlines on the Polocrosse Canada site, those headlines will be added to a feed list that you can subscribe to with your web browser. RSS is convenient, because you can subscribe to feeds from several Internet sites and automatically pull together headlines so you can quickly browse for new content without visiting each site.
MicrosoftExplorer 7: Download Explorer 7

If you use internet explorer for web browsing check the version number to be sure your up to date. On the top menu bar goto help and select about, most programs will show their name and version number. Explorer needs to be version 7 or newer for the RSS FEED READER to work.

Once you are sure you have version 7, check the menu ribbon near the top of the windows for the Feed button RSS Feed icon . Enter your email address and click on subscribe for both the post feed and the comments feed. The screen should refresh with headline and a yellow box click on Subscribe to this feed to continue. Another box will pop up, select the folder you would like to save it in, then click on the subscribe button. Repeat for the Comments feed.

Now when you want to catch up on all your favorite sites simply open Explorer 7, select VIEW form the top menu select the Explorer Bar, then Feeds or press “Ctrl Sift J” together and select the feed you would like to read. Clicking on a headline will take yo you to the full story on the site.
Mozilla Firefox: Download Firefox

Firefox 1.5 and newer support RSS feed, check the version number to be sure your up to date. On the top menu bar goto help and select about, most programs will show their name and version number.

Enter your email address and click on subscribe for both the post feed and the comments feed. A box will pop up, select the folder you would like to save it in, then click on the Ok button. Repeat for the Comments feed.

When you want to catch up on all your favorite sites simply open Firefox, select “VIEW” form the menu select “Side Bar“, then “Bookmarks” or press “Ctrl B” together and select the feed you would like to read. Clicking on a headline will take yo you to the full story on the site.
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