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RSS Feeds
IImagazine.com now offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication) for many of our category channels. The content within each of these RSS feeds contains headlines and brief descriptions. Each headline links directly to the full article on IImagazine.com.
These feeds are available for use by any Web site provided that no content is altered in any way. We also require that this content be clearly attributed to IImagazine.com. Additionally, please note that your use of these RSS feeds is subject to the IImagazine.com’s terms and conditions .
What are News Feeds?
News feeds allow you to see when Web sites have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as it’s published, without having to visit the Web site you have taken the feed from.
Feeds are also known as RSS. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but most people accept the term ‘Really Simple Syndication.’ In essence, the feeds themselves are just Web pages designed to be read by computers rather than people.
How do I start using feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader, also called a news aggregator. This is computer software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. A variety of newsreaders are available free of charge.
Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a Web-based service like Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive.
If you click on the button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange button, but some may just have a normal Web link.
Some Web browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for feeds for you when you visit a Web site, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their Web sites.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Here are some RSS readers that are available.
Windows
Newz Crawler
FeedDemon
Awasu
Mac OS X
Newsfire
NetNewsWire
Web
Bloglines
My Yahoo!
NewsGator
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