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Website feeds explained

Posted in Tech/Development on: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 by Paul Boag

What is a website feed

A website feed (also known as RSS) is an easy way for you to keep updated automatically on websites you like. Instead of you having to go to websites to see if they’ve written a new article or feature, you can use a website feed to inform you every time the site have something new.

How can I make use of website feeds?

In general you need to get hold of a program called a News Reader or a web page that supports RSS such as My Yahoo. This displays website feeds from your chosen sites on your computer. All you then have to do is choose which feeds you want, for instance, a feed of boagworld.com.

How do I get a news reader?

There are a range of different News Readers available; click here to find links to the most popular products, many of which are free to install. Different News Readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to take this into account when you make your choice.

Still confused?

If my waffle has not helped then check out the BBC website which has an excellent description of RSS and how it works.

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Produced by Headscape

Boagworld is produced by the web design agency Headscape founded by Marcus, Paul and Chris Scott. Headscape also has a number of other talented guys who blog. Check them out.

Craig Rowe is one of our amazing developers and writes some superb posts on everything from .net to AIR apps.
Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.
Dave McDermid is a Headscape developer who has an excellent blog. He blogs on everything from AJAX to security.
Rob Borley is one of our project managers and blogs regularly on client and project management issues.
Leigh Howells is our multimedia design guru (whatever one of those is). He blogs on a mixture of design and music.

Paul elsewhere

Paul just can't shut up. He publishes regular audioboos, speaks regularly and is addicted to twitter. He also has a personal blog where he shares random thoughts, inspirational articles and stuff he thinks is cool. See the latest below: