Why use RSS feeds?
If you have a page that you update regularly, for example a blog, then an RSS feed can be useful. Without a feed, anyone interested in your blog has to remember to peep at it every so often. With a feed, they can add the page to their reader, and then when you update your blog it magically appears in their reader. They have to look at their reader regularly, but they would be doing that anyway.
If you have a page that you update regularly, for example a blog, then an RSS feed can be useful. Without a feed, anyone interested in your blog has to remember to peep at it every so often. With a feed, they can add the page to their reader, and then when you update your blog it magically appears in their reader. They have to look at their reader regularly, but they would be doing that anyway.
How to set up RSS feeds
First create and save your j2e page. Then click on a blank area of the page so that the paper tools are displayed. Click on the RSS button.
A feed needs a name. Each feed can be shared by many different pages. For example, a school could have a feed for parents showing all new pages of interest to parents. So, give your feed a name, say, ‘Village School information for parents’.
First create and save your j2e page. Then click on a blank area of the page so that the paper tools are displayed. Click on the RSS button.
A feed needs a name. Each feed can be shared by many different pages. For example, a school could have a feed for parents showing all new pages of interest to parents. So, give your feed a name, say, ‘Village School information for parents’.
A feed also has items. A feed item is a description of a change. For example, in the school feed we might add a new page detailing ‘information for parents week ending 6/2/09’. The j2e page contains all the information, the feed just the summary line. Anyone with a reader looking at this feed would see the title, and the description, and could then choose if they wanted to look at the j2e page.
Once you have added a title and a description, press ‘add’ and the feed is created.
All the feeds you create are listed in the drop down of names, making it easy to reuse them with other pages.
When you later update your document, remember to open the RSS feed dialogue and add a second item description. Then the feed pops up again in the interested persons reader.
You can scroll back to see the previous items you entered for a page.
You can also optionally show an RSS icon on your page, which helps people know that your page has an RSS feed. Many browsers will automatically detect your page has a feed, and show an RSS icon next to the URL.
How to use RSS feeds
Once you have set up a feed you will want people to use it. The best way of understanding this is to start being a feed subscriber yourself. Start by clicking on the square RSS icon at the top of this page.
RSS readers are quite varied, and many seem to work differently. If you don't currently subscribe to a reader then I would suggest you try http://www.google.co.uk/reader.
Also, subscribing to feeds depends on the browser you are using. Some offer no help and you have to cut and paste the feed information, whereas others like Firefox add a feed icon on the end of the URL entry box. Your chosen reader will give information about how to subscribe to feeds.
For more help see http://www.wizard-creek.com/rss/tutorial/rss-how-to-subscribe-to-feeds.htm
Once you have added a title and a description, press ‘add’ and the feed is created.
All the feeds you create are listed in the drop down of names, making it easy to reuse them with other pages.
When you later update your document, remember to open the RSS feed dialogue and add a second item description. Then the feed pops up again in the interested persons reader.
You can scroll back to see the previous items you entered for a page.
You can also optionally show an RSS icon on your page, which helps people know that your page has an RSS feed. Many browsers will automatically detect your page has a feed, and show an RSS icon next to the URL.
How to use RSS feeds
Once you have set up a feed you will want people to use it. The best way of understanding this is to start being a feed subscriber yourself. Start by clicking on the square RSS icon at the top of this page.
RSS readers are quite varied, and many seem to work differently. If you don't currently subscribe to a reader then I would suggest you try http://www.google.co.uk/reader.
Also, subscribing to feeds depends on the browser you are using. Some offer no help and you have to cut and paste the feed information, whereas others like Firefox add a feed icon on the end of the URL entry box. Your chosen reader will give information about how to subscribe to feeds.
For more help see http://www.wizard-creek.com/rss/tutorial/rss-how-to-subscribe-to-feeds.htm
