Friday, January 13, 2012

What in the hell is RSS?

"RSS"  "XML" "Atom"   I know they're SOMETHING but WHAT ARE THEY??





It's Really Simple Syndication!  Ha!  (ironic laugh)



They are FEEDS.

What in the hell are feeds, you ask?
  • Feeds are a way for websites to spread their content beyond their online visitors
  • They make subscriptions possible (Updates, via webportal, newsreader, or email)
  • They can be turned into widgets, gadgets, mobile devices 
So what? Who cares.
  •  The universal feed icon:  means you can subscribe and read/watch/listen using a feed reader.    This makes it handy to follow lots of websites or blogs, because you don't have to manually visit each of them.  It aggregates info into one place for when you want to look at it.   

How do I read using a FeedReader?
  • There are thousands of different feed readers to choose from.  For example
How do I publish my feed?
  • TypePad, Wordpress, Blogger, Flickr publish feeds automatically. 

What this helpful at all?   No?  Let me know!  Pleeeeease.   And thank you. <3

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