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RSS : Three Letters Every Advocate Needs to Know

RSS : Three Letters Every Advocate Needs to Know. Presented by David Bonebrake Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project July 25, 2008. Panelist Control Panel. Reduce Panel with GrabTab View Full Screen Mode

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RSS : Three Letters Every Advocate Needs to Know

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  1. RSS: Three Letters Every Advocate Needs to Know Presented by David Bonebrake Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project July 25, 2008

  2. Panelist Control Panel • Reduce Panel with GrabTab • View Full Screen Mode • MoveControl Panel (Put cursor on any textured area to drag) • Anchor Your Panel (or subpanels) with thumbtack • Question & Answers (goes to Organizers) • Chat (goes to all Participants – please use Chat today) • Smiley Face, Presenter, Keyboard, Color of Your Pen!

  3. Mute Yourself… • Using GoToMeeting Phone: • -- To MUTE: *6 • -- To UNMUTE: *6

  4. Today’s Training • Introduction to RSS • RSS Walkthroughs • Setting up Google Reader • Setting up a News Alert feed for your organization • Getting started with Law Blawgs • Creating RSS feeds for your organization • Related Technology - Twitter

  5. What is RSS?

  6. What is RSS? • RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication • RSS allows websites to syndicate content to other websites and other applications such RSS feed readers, and web browsers

  7. How RSS Works

  8. Traditional Web Browsing

  9. Web Browsing Now

  10. RSS to the Rescue • RSS makes keeping up with web-based resources easier, especially as that pool of resources expands • When used effectively, it’s an important tool for fighting information overload

  11. Atom Feeds • Very similar to RSS feeds • All new RSS readers and web browsers support Atom and RSS standards • Most users do not need to worry about the difference between the two

  12. Getting started with rss

  13. Different Uses of RSS • Stay updated on your field • Immerse yourself in a new area • Monitor what others are saying about your organization

  14. Who is creating RSS Feeds? • Legal news sites • Legal technology sites • National legal aid organizations • Statewide websites • Law Blawgs • Courts • Project management tools • Case management systems

  15. RSS Readers • Web Based Readers • Google Reader • Bloglines • iGoogle • MyYahoo • Software Based RSS Readers • Feed Demon • Net News Wire • FeedReader • RSS-supporting Web Browsers • Internet Explorer 7 • Firefox

  16. Web Based Readers - Google

  17. Desktop Readers - Feed Demon

  18. Browsers - Firefox

  19. Browsers – IE 7

  20. Subscribing to RSS Feeds • Look for the RSS logo: • Both Google Reader & MyYahoo have built-in feed searches

  21. googlereader walkthrough

  22. Setting up a google news feed for your organization

  23. Law Blawgs

  24. ABA Journal Blawg Directory

  25. RSS feeds and websites

  26. Websites Consuming RSS Feeds • Like RSS readers, web pages can consume and display RSS feeds • Most modern web platforms support easy inline display of RSS feeds • Pro Bono Net • Open Source Template

  27. Websites Creating RSS Feeds • Most modern web platforms also support syndicating website content • New Open Source CMS’s • Pro Bono Platform • Blogging Software • http://techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page5820.cfm

  28. RSS Feeds on the Probono.net template • The probono.net advocate site template has outgoing RSS feeds from the News, Calendar and flexible content pages. • Site visitors can subscribe to that content via their own RSS reader)

  29. RSS Feeds on the Probono.net template • A widget for an incoming RSS feed from other sources can be added to the homepage and other areas of the site. • Supports all RSS and most Atom feeds.

  30. TRLA Press Center

  31. Additional Resources RSS section of the LSNTAP Tech Library Ultimate RSS Toolset: http://oedb.org/library/features/the_ultimate_rss_toolset

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