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What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication or as it's sometime called Rich Site Summary is a method of receiving constantly updated news stories or other information from links to your chosen web sites. Once you have set up a connection to a web site you will receive a list of all the stories currently shown on a certain page or section of that site. Typical sites that are RSS enabled are the BBC, some newspapers and now the Bournemouth Branch Web Site. One great advantage of using an RSS Reader is that it usually flashes up a message on the computer desktop when new news messages are received. Which RSS feeds does the Bournemouth Branch web site have? There is only one feed on the Bournemouth Branch web site: -
More About Reading RSS Feeds There are several ways of receiving RSS feeds. The main method is to use the latest versions of web browsers such as Firefox, Opera or IE7. Alternatively, download a program called a 'News Reader' or 'RSS reader'. RSSOwl is a free open source reader with no advertisements or persistent feeds. Click Here for download. After installation, MS related favourites & program preferences can be preset by importing them into the program settings using the file which can be downloaded and saved by Clicking Here. You can then set up this program to receive also RSS information from whichever other web sites you wish that offer RSS, and browse headlines and story summaries that link through to full stories on their web sites.
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