If you're interested in using RSS, the first thing you need to do is choose a reader. There are many different programs out there, most of which you can download for free from the internet.
I use Mozilla's Thunderbird email program that also has an RSS reader integrated into it, which I find very convenient. There is a good list of available RSS readers at the bottom of the CBC's RSS webpage. Some readers are web-based and others need to be downloaded onto your computer.
Once you have an RSS reader, you can look for feeds to subscribe to. You can look for the
or the XML buttons on sites you already visit, but there are also a number of websites which can help you find feeds. - FeedFinder: search using keywords or URLs to find feeds that match your interests
- Syndic8.com: search within categories or using keywords
- News Feed Finder: search for feeds by category or keyword
Above is a screenshot of the RSS feeds webpage
from the Hennepin County Library in Minnesota. I would like to
subscribe to the Learning English feed, so I click on that feed button,
and a new window opens up with the XML code for this RSS feed.
To subscribe to this feed, all I need to do is copy the URL for this site and paste it into my aggregator. By clicking on the "add subscription" button in my aggregator, a dialogue box appears, into which I paste the URL for the RSS feed:
When I click OK, the feed is added to my list of subscriptions, and the latest items on the feed are dowloaded to my reader.
To subscribe to this feed, all I need to do is copy the URL for this site and paste it into my aggregator. By clicking on the "add subscription" button in my aggregator, a dialogue box appears, into which I paste the URL for the RSS feed:
When I click OK, the feed is added to my list of subscriptions, and the latest items on the feed are dowloaded to my reader.
And that's it! Now I can read the latest updates to this channel whenever they are posted.
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