Help for RSS Feeds

What is RSS?

RSS feeds allow you to see when we've added new content to our website. You can get the latest updates all in one place, without having to visit the website you have taken the feed from.

How do I use RSS?

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 click on the orange button to the left of this help.