What are News Feeds?
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You
can get the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as its
published, without having to visit the websites 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 plump for '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.
This is a piece of 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.
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.
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 browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check
for feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when
they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more
details on these, please check their websites.
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.
Using The Will Place News feeds on your site
If you run your own website, you can display the latest headlines from
other websites on your own site using RSS.
We encourage the use of our News feeds as part of a website, however,
we do require that the proper format and attribution is used when The Will Place News content appears. The attribution text should read "The Will Place News" . You may not use any The Will Place logo without prior
consent.
We reserve the right to prevent the distribution of our News content
and the do not accept any liability for its feeds.
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