RSS - A Real Simple Story
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I want to explain to all you non computer nerds what RSS is and what it can do for you with-out being too technical.
What is RSS?
This probably sounds familiar; Honey, I’ll be right back! I’m just taking a quick peek at my favourite sites. And before you know it you’re sitting behind your computer for hours. So many sites and so many blogs to see and so little time, well that’s going to end right here!
RSS is a great tool that can make your online life much easier and with this you’ll be able to see much more of your interests than ever before.
The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and by means to share content on the web. This makes sense to nerds and tech geeks but most of us are lost from here by simply reading this.
So, to make this a little easier, imagine this; you have 10 sites and 10 blogs that you like to visit every day. If you visit all these online places, this would literally take you hours. Well here comes the beauty, with RSS this would only take minutes. RSS is a way to get a quick list of all the latest stories that are placed on all your favourite websites and blogs. There are in general two types of RSS feeds (subscriptions). The first is the headline feed that only shows you the headline (isn’t it simple???) and directs you to the site where the item can be seen. The second is the full feed that shows you the complete post or news item. Most of the up-to-date and new sites are providing a full RSS feeds and this is the same for The World of Modern Men.
Can everybody use this?
Yes, it doesn’t matter what system you have, everyone can subscribe on a RSS feed. The only thing you need is an RSS reader that gathers all the headlines or posts so you can read these feeds. I will tell you more about the readers in a couple of minutes.
What do I need to do if I want to subscribe?
There’s nothing simpler than subscribing to a RSS feed. All you have to do in order to subscribe is click the RSS
If you click this button than the RSS feed appears that you need to copy in to your RSS reader.
I’m not sure of this but I believe that IE 7 copies the link directly in de build in RSS reader. I have IE banned from my systems, I’m in love with the free Firefox browser and all his plug-ins. If you don’t use Firefox, get it now and play around with it; you’ll be amazed with the possibilities.
Okay, let’s do this!
I’m now explaining how to implement a feed in your Google reader; you do need to have a gmail account for this. If you don’t have gmail and you need help using your reader send me an e-mail and ill help out. And if you want to use Microsoft Outlook 2007 for your feeds this is a great post.
There are several free readers around that are pretty easy in use but my favourite is by far the online Google Reader. To use the feed click on the orange RSS button, copy the feed and go to your Google Reader. Now go to add subscription, right click, select paste and add and you’re ready for action.
I hope you like this blog because it’s now time to put all this reading into action.
The World of Modern Men uses a full feed and you can subscribe to us by pressing one of the orange RSS
Than select your on- or offline reader and complete the steps that we talked about.
And that’s it; I hope you learned something from this RSS tutorial and that you’ll enjoy our feed and working with RSS feeds in general.
Have fun guys!!
Cheers
Vincent Sparreboom
