But here is my quick and dirty take on the process. There are basically two main parts: an RSS feed and an RSS reader. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? I’m not sure. But I do know that a website offers an RSS feed when this little symbol is present at the top:
When you click on this symbol you are telling this site to deliver any news to your reader. My favorite RSS reader is Google Reader. It is free and painless. The RSS reader is your one-stop shop that hosts all of the RSS feeds that you have selected during your adventures on the internet. This article, posted on the Back in Skinny Jeans blog, also provides an excellent definition and explanation of the whole operation.
First tutorial:
Dave | April 23rd, 2008
Great job, Amber! It’ll be great to have a place to point people when they need a solid explanation of RSS. I like the screencast, too. You’ll have to show me how you do that!
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