Hambleton District Council, Civic Centre, Stone Cross, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 2UU
Tel: 0845 1211 555 Fax: 01609 767228
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Hambleton District Council
Civic Centre
Stone Cross
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 2UU
Tel: 0845 1211 555
Fax: 01609 767228
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest headlines in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.
Feeds are also sometimes known as News Feeds. In essence, the feeds themselves are just web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added. 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 way that you either download your email 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 and from which site you want it to receive.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their websites.
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Some example RSS readers are:
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