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Making RSS Work for YOU. Steve Dembo Steve_Dembo@Discovery.com. Teach42.com/Advanced-RSS. Real Simple Syndication RSS feeds provide web content in a specific format that allows sites and software to republish the information in new ways. What is RSS?. Breaking it down.
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Making RSS Work for YOU Steve Dembo Steve_Dembo@Discovery.com
Real Simple Syndication RSS feeds provide web content in a specific format that allows sites and software to republish the information in new ways What is RSS?
Aggregator Email Apps Browser My Yahoo Inbox Ways people can subscribe
Fire up your Feeds • If you don’t have an aggregator, register at Bloglines.com • Find the RSS feed for your site • Register at Feedburner.com • Point readers to your new feed • Put a chicklet in your blog’s sidebar • Copy and paste the code from Publicize > Chicklet Chooser • Adjust the hidden link to your feed in your site’s header • Look for lines starting with <link rel=“alternate” type=“application/rss+xml”
Something new to subscribe to • Resources are at Teach42.com/Advanced-RSS • Explore new types of RSS feeds • Bookmark/subscribe a few new feeds
Find your feed Get the html code Insert it in your site Publish it! Putting it in your site
Making RSS Work for You Steve DemboSteve_Dembo@Discovery.com