RSS (was Re: [MR] Regarding the Acorn Website)

[Denise Nelson]

Since I've gotten this question a few times, I'll answer it here.

The simple explaination is "like email for webpages."   For the more
involved explaination, check out an online tutorial like

http://www.download.com/How-to-read-RSS-feeds/1200-2001-5123544.html

This explaination uses a new program you have to download to be able to
read RSS feeds.  Another option is livejournal.com (a popular blogging
site).  To add a RSS feed from there (since I know lots of Atlantians
have livejournals), go to this website:

http://www.livejournal.com/syn/


An example of how this works is SCAToday.net.  You can check the webpage
every few days, or get the headlines delivered to your feed reader or
livejournal friends page.  

It all turns a "pull" technology (user requests each time) into a "push"
(automatically informs user of change).  

Pretty neat, huh?

Helewyse


On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:53:00 -0500, "Sir Godfried"
<sirgodfried at earthlink.net> said:
> Ok so what the heck is an RSS feed.  I know the book definition (I
> think...) 
> but what applications would you use to get it?  Do these require high
> speed 
> connections? ( I live in dialup heck... Brighid says purgatory since if
> your 
> in Heck you at least know where you are.)
> 
> Godfried
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Denise Nelson" <denisen at ftml.net>
> To: <gruffudd at adelphia.net>; "Atlantia" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [MR] Regarding the Acorn Website
> 
> 
> >
> > Lord Gruffudd ap Cadfael (Carl Harris) wrote:
> >> Initially this
> >> information will be availible to all webminister via a php script for
> >> incorporation into local sites, and soon after a RSS feed.
> >
> > I LOVE you!  An RSS feed would be fabulous!  Thank you!
> >
> > Lady Helewyse
> > -- 
> >  Denise Nelson
> >  denisen at ftml.net
> >
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