What Is RSS?
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"RSS" stands for "Really Simple Syndication." It is basically a notification system that keeps you up to date with the latest additions to sites you are interested in. To get these notifications you have to subscribe to the "RSS feed" of a particular website, like doorway-to-self-esteem.com, or another site you like. It is easy to subscribe or unsubscribe, and when a new page is added to your favourite site, a notification shows up in the Reader, with a link to that page. This saves you from having to check through pages on the site all the time, to see what's new. So if you want to know when I've added a new self esteem activity, if you subscribe to the RSS feed for doorway-to-self-esteem, your Reader will show you whenever I add a new page. With RSS you don't have to join up with an email address. When you don't want these updates anymore, you just delete the feed. To Get Started There are two ways to access RSS Feeds: Viewing RSS feeds through your browser If you use a browser like Google or Yahoo! simply click on their (or another browser) button that you see in the bottom left corner of every page on doorway-to-self-esteem.com Follow the instructions after that. Viewing RSS feeds through your own RSS Reader You can download a free RSS Reader using the links below. An RSS Reader is special software that reads the "RSS feeds" that are sent out from sites like large news organisations, or smaller sites like mine. Windows - RssReader Mac - NetNewsWire Once you're set up with the RSS Reader, follow these steps to subscribe to the RSS feed from doorway-to-self-esteem.com 1. Right-click (control-click for Mac users) on any page of this site. 2. Select "Copy Shortcut" ("Send link" for Mac) 3. For Windows users: paste that URL into your RSS Reader. That's all. Hope this helps! Close Window |