Web Subscriptions Via RSS Feeds

If you have been around the internet very long you may have heard of "Feeds" or "RSS". Even more likely is that you have seen this little orange icon on sites you visit. Unfortunately for most of us the concept of RSS and feeds can be pretty confusing at first but take heart, RSS is really simple, it makes your life easier, and we have video to help!

This really great video was made by Lee Lefever explaining RSS in Plain English. Before we continue any further, take a look

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On our subscriptions page we talk about a few ways to get started in bringing the content to you rather than wasting time searching for new content and potentially missing really great content you have an interest in. It's a great place to get started with plenty of links.

Step 1: Picking an RSS Reader
You'll need a news aggregator also called an RSS reader, which will check all of your favorite feeds (includes ours) and will inform you if new content has arrived.

Yahoo!, NewsGator, and Bloglines are online RSS reader services that works in most browsers, so you eliminate the need for downloading an application. If you use Firefox you can download an extension called Sage so that you can read the news directly in your browser.

Mac users can use Safari RSS or other applications like NetNewsWire (our favorite), NewsGator, NewsFire, NewsMacPro and PulpFiction.

Windows users can use FeedDemon, NewsGator, RSS Bandit, SharpReader and FeedReader.

Step 2: Subscribing to the feed
Once you have a RSS reader set up we invite you to subscribe to any of the feeds we offer through this site. Each reader handles new subscriptions differently but you should right-click and choose "copy shortcut" or "copy link location" then launch your RSS reader and create a new subscription from our feed location.

Would you like to syndicate the WMC-AP feed content on your site? Please drop us a line.

Here at WMC-AP we offer a few different feeds for our content and podcasts.

Now that we have covered RSS you have no excuse for remaining uninformed .

this post was filed under Media Tips on May 9, 2007