RSS

What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) allows you to see when websites have added new content. You can view the latest additions to sites like ours as soon as they’re published, without having to visit the site itself.

RSS feeds, or news feeds as they are sometimes called, are just web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.

How do I use an RSS feed?

The easiest way to subscribe to a feed is to visit the page (like this RSS feed page for our Latest page) and click on the “Subscibe to this feed” in your browser. Don’t see this option? You might need to upgrade your browser (probably a good idea anyway). The latest version of Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari all have RSS built in.

Alternatively you can use an online service to keep track of your feeds, there are lots, but Google Reader, Google Personalized Homepage and feedshow are good.

As a final option you can download a piece of software to read you feeds, we like Feedreader, but again there are lots out there.