00:45 > Saturday 5th July 2008
SEARCH
 
MEMBERSHIP
»  Log in
»  Sign Up
»  Forgotten password
ADVERTISEMENTS
Errea  Challenge Cup  - Buy tickets
Country Smallholding - UK's practical magazine for smallholders
Drive 24 - Buy or sell a car!

Archant

Sister Publications

Drive 24 - North Devon cars for sale http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/devon24/ndga/shopping/adbooking/

RSS Heading

 

A step by step guide to getting the news you want delivered to your computer

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and don’t worry it really is simple!
Basically RSS, or news feeds, allow you to be in control of when you find out the news.
If you want to know the instant a news website uploads a story you can.
Or if you’d like to check once a day, you can do that as well.
There are many options, from having a little headline scrolling across the bottom of your computer screen, or a box popping up in the corner, to a nice table where it all appears every time you open it.
But the best way to work out what will work for you is to try.

How do I start?

To use the RSS feeds you need a ‘reader’.
A reader is the program that displays the headlines on your computer as soon as they appear on a website.
There are two types of reader.
The first kind is a program that is free to download from the internet.
It will appear on your desktop as an icon and when you open it, it will automatically connect to the internet.

This kind is the best if you would like pop ups in the corner of the screen as you are working, or the headlines to scroll along the bottom of the screen so you notice it straight away.
Examples of these are (click on the links to download them now)

Windows

- Newz Crawler
- FeedDemon
- Awasu

Mac OS X

- Newsfire
- NetNewsWire

The other kind is a web-based reader.
This means you can only check it when you open an internet browser window.
So how often you are updated depends entirely on how often you open an internet browser to check it – a bit like checking your hotmail.

Web

- Bloglines
- My Yahoo!
- NewsGator
- Google Reader
There are loads more, just search news readers.

Ok, I have my news reader, what’s next?

Now you can get live updates from our websites.
All you have to do is click on the RSS link on each section of the website you want updates from.
Most readers will automatically pick up the feed and start displaying it.
If you have difficulties there is usually an option on readers to submit the web address and it will find the RSS feed itself that way.
Here are the links for our websites. Click on the link or paste the address in to your reader.

North Devon Gazette:

North Devon News
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=northdevongazette
Letters
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgletters
Sports - Athletics
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=northdevonathletics
Sports - Basketball
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgbasketball
Sports - Bowls
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgbowls
Sports - Boxing
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgboxing
Sports - Cricket
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgcricket
Sports - Cycling
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgcycling
Sport - Darts
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgdarts
Sports - Equestrian
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgequestrian
Sports - Football
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgfootball
Sports - Golf
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndggolf
Sports - Hockey
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndghockey
Sports - Judo
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgjudo
Sports - Karate
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgkarate
Sports - Motorsport
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgmotorsport
Sports - Misc
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgsportmisc
Sports - Rugby
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgrugby
Sports - Swimming
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgswimming
Sports - Tennis
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgtennis
What's On
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgwhatsonart
Cinema
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgcinema
Comedy
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgcomedy
What's On - misc
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgwhatsonmisc
Music
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgmusic
Theatre
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/rss/feed/feed.aspx?id=ndgtheatre
 
 If you have any problems connecting email clare.hayes@archant.co.uk

 

content
     
© 2008 Archant Regional Limited. All rights reserved.    Terms and conditions