Here's a little bit about feeds that I put together for the blog I maintain for a horticulture Society.
It might help explain how to set them up. Then again...... http://asgap.org.au/rss.html Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No wonder you're my only reader then. > > LOL > > Dave > > On 7/8/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob, > > > > See Rob's reply for definition. > > > > What you do is to first install a feed reader on your computer. I > use > > one that's simply called "feedReader 3". There are many freeware > > programs out there; I just picked one I liked. It is perhaps > possible > > to use the web browser itself as well, I haven't looked into > that... > > > > Then, when using your browser to view blog web pages, look for > notes > > regarding "subscription". On blogs hosted at www.blogspot.com, > the > > text is "Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)". On sites set up with > WordPress, > > the text can be "entries (RSS 2.0)" (eg. > > http://www.samhaskinsblog.com/) or "RSS blog" (See Doug Brewer's > blog: > > http://www.drivingtheflies.com/). > > > > Click that link and/or copy it, and paste it into the feed > reader. > > Tomorrow your feed reader will automatically look for new > published > > items, and give you a message when it finds something. Saves you > the > > time to go looking for it. :-) > > > > Cheers, > > Jostein > > > > 2007/7/8, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Jostein, > > > I picked up this thread late, but am curious about your > comment. Can > > > you tell me more? > > > I like readng Mark's and Doug's blogs, but can't remember to > visit > > > them. What are feeds and how do you set them? > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > > > > > On 7/8/07, AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think the best things about blogs is the option to set > feeds. By > > > > subscribing to the feeds, the articles just trickle in on py > 'puter > > > > without having to actively check out the web page every day. > - Which > > > > quickly becomes tiresome if the blogger posts infrequently, > or even > > > > just somewhat irregularly. > > > > > > > > Mark Cassino's and Doug Brewer's blogs are very readworthy > cases in point. :-) > > > > > > > > Jostein > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
