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What is RSS?
How can I use RSS?
How do I get a news reader?
What is RSS? 
Tired of searching through countless websites looking for
current auctions? In a philatelic world heaving under the
weight of millions of web pages, keeping up to date with the information
you want can be very time consuming.
Wouldn't it be better to have the latest news and features delivered
directly to you, rather than clicking from site to site?
Using RSS allows you to see when sites from all over the internet
have added new content (or new auctions), without having to remember
to visit each site every day.
RSS takes the hassle out of staying up-to-date, by showing you
the very latest information that you are interested in. |
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How do I start using RSS feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news
reader.
This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any
new articles that have been added to them.
- There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using
a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. Browser-based
news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from
any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on
your main computer, in the same sort of way that you either download
your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what
content you want to receive in your news reader, by finding and subscribing
to the relevant RSS feeds.
For example, if you would like the latest information from Prestige Philately,
simply visit the home page and you will notice an orange RSS button on
the left hand side.
If you click on the button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways
Most sites that offer RSS feeds use a similar orange RSS button, but
some may just have a normal web link to the feed.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check
for RSS feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when
they find one. This can make subscribing to RSS feeds much easier. For
more details on these, please check their websites.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different news readers available.
Different news readers work on different operating
systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your
computer.
Windows
- Newz Crawler
- FeedDemon
- Awasu
Mac OS X
- Newsfire
- NetNewsWire
- Awasu
Web
- Bloglines
- My Yahoo!
- NewsGator
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Rss Feeds
