News Feeds from communityni.org
What's a news feed?
How can I use them?
How do I get a news reader?
Can I use these feeds on my site?
What's a new feed?
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest news, jobs events and volunteering opportunities in one place, as soon as its published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.
Feeds are also known as RSS. 'Really Simple Syndication' or 'Rich Site Summary'. In essence, the feeds themselves are just web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.
How can I use them?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications.
Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive. For example, if you would like the latest news from communityni.org or if you'd prefer the latest jobs feed.
If you click on the RSS button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange button, but some may just have a normal web link.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their websites.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer. Here are just a few examples:
Windows: Newz Crawler | FeedDemon | Awasu
Mac OS: Newsfire | NetNewsWire
Web: Bloglines | NewsGator | Microsoft Live | My Yahoo!
Browser: Mozilla Firefox | Internet Exporer | Google Chrome | Apple Safari
Can I use these feeds on my site?
If you run your own website, you can display the latest content from communityni.org on your own site using RSS. We encourage the use of communityni.org latest content feeds as part of a website, however we reserve the right to prevent the distribution of said content and NICVA does not accept any liability for its feeds.
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