About a month ago a member that lurks on the list asked me about RSS feeds for our listserv. I just now happened across the URL that provides this: http://snipurl.com/litrss.
WHO WOULD USE RSS FEED OF OUR LIST? If you know and use RSS feeds for news services and other websites/blogs that frequently update content, then you might want to add this to your feeds. Those of you looking for a better alternative to the digest might look into subscribing to the RSS feed. It's perfect for scanning through recent posts and then even bookmarking/saving things of interest. HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT RSS? Take the link <http://snipurl.com/litrss> and you'll see what the list's RSS feed looks like. Up at the top of the page you'll see links that will help you to "Subscribe" and to "Learn More About Feeds". DO I HAVE TO BE A LIST MEMBER TO GET THE RSS FEED? The RSS Feed is linked to a public archive of our list. You do not have to be a list member to subscribe to the feed. Remember that with RSS you'll only be able to read the posts, not reply to them. To post to the list you must be a member. HOW DO I FIND MY FEEDS? If you just simply hit the little subscribe button to a feed you will likely find it under "Tools" or wherever you find your "Favorites" menu in your browser. You can also paste the actual URL for the feed into your news "aggregator" to subscribe: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml>. OK - WHAT'S AN AGGREAGATOR? An aggregator is a place that will house all of your feeds in one neat tidy place. It's kind of like making your own newspaper out of the web. You can pick the things you want to read about, subscribe, and then when you go to your aggregator, everything's there ready for you to read. Aggregators will also have some really neat tools that you can use compared to looking at feeds in just your browser. Remember to use the actual URL of the feed and not the "SnipURL" when subscribing in your aggregator. An RSS URL will end with "xml". I use NewsGator for my aggregator (free at http://www.newsgator.com). I tried a few out and then picked this one. Most of them work exactly the same. Some of you may have other aggregators that you really like so this might be a good chance to share that info. So, if you're interested or just want to see what RSS is all about, don't be afraid to give it a try. Keith Mack Web Administrator http://www.literacyworkshop.org _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
