Do you want to keep up to date with the latest posts on this site?
The way that you can subscribe to this site and receive updates is through the RSS feed. But what is RSS?
RSS tells a website or blog to let you know every time that they update?
RSS is a technology that provides you with a method of getting relevant and up to date information sent to you for you to read in your own time. It saves you time and helps you to get the information you want quickly after it was published.
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." Many people describe it as a "news feed" that you subscribe to.
RSS is like subscribing to a magazine that is delivered to you periodically but instead of it coming in your physical mail box each month when the magazine is published, it is delivered to your "RSS Reader" every time your favorite website or blog updates.
Get an RSS Reader.
The first thing you will want to do if you are getting into reading sites via RSS is to get yourself an RSS Feed Reader.
There are many feed readers around with a variety of approaches and features. However, a good place to start is with a couple of free and easy to use web based ones like Google Reader or Bloglines. Either one will do if you are starting out. I use Google Reader.
Both of these feed readers work a little like email. As you subscribe to feeds, you will see that unread entries from the sites you are tracking will be marked as bold. As you click on them, you will see the latest update and can read it right there in the feed reader. You are given the option to click through to the actual site or move onto the next unread item - marking the last one as "read."
The best way to learn how to use either Google Reader or Bloglines is to simply subscribe to some feeds and give it a go. Both have helpful "help" sections to get up up and running.
On Site Subscription
Over the last few years you may have noticed a lot of little buttons and widgets appearing on your favorite sites and blogs. Little orange buttons, counters with how many readers a blog has, links called RSS, XML, ATOM and many more.
They come in all shapes and sizes. Any time you see any of these buttons or anything like them, it means that the site you are viewing almost certainly has a feed that you can subscribe to. In most cases, it is a simple as either copying and pasting the link associated with the button into your RSS Reader or clicking the button and folowing the instructions to subscribe using the feed reader of your choice.
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