What is RSS and how do I subscribe?
RSS, which stands for “Really Simple Syndication” (sometimes called Rich Site Summary), has been adopted by news services, weblogs, and other online information services to send content to subscribers. After subscribing to an RSS feed, you will be notified when new content is available without having to visit the web site.
Typically, syndication services send out a headline/summary with a link the full story.
How to Subscribe
It is easy to use RSS feeds. First, you need to download a free RSS viewer. Then, you copy and paste the URL of the news feed (e.g. http://ncdae.org/rss/ncdaenews.xml) into the viewer's “subscribe” dialogue. Example RSS viewers include:
- SharpReader (Windows)
- FeedDemon (Windows)
- NetNewsWire Lite (Mac)
- BlogLines (Web-based, all platforms)
- Firefox 1.0+ also provides RSS subscription in the form of Live Bookmarks. To subscribe using Firefox, simply go the NCDAE homepage, click on the 'RSS' icon at the bottom right of the screen and select the news feed you'd like to subscribe to.
