RSS  / XML Feeds ? News Feeds ? What's that all about then...

What is RSS?  
RSS, sometimes known as Really Simple Syndication, is a popular means of sharing content (such as news headlines) without requiring readers to constantly visit a Web site to see what's new. RSS feeds contain headlines and hyperlinks to longer articles or Web pages.

How can I receive RSS feeds?
Desktop software applications known as news readers or aggregators can collect, update and display RSS feeds from a wide variety of sources. A number of news readers are available for you to download, many at no cost. Other versions are Web and browser-based. News readers vary slightly in how they look and act, so you may find yourself testing several before settling on one. If you currently don't have a News reader installed and would like to try a FREE reader then try this one from Feedreader, (http://www.feedreader.com) it is highly recommended and does the job.

What RSS feeds are available from Dorchesteranglican.info?
dorchesteranglican.info RSS feeds are based on content published to our main Web site and are updated regularly. Currently there is a single newsfeed and it's simply designed to keep the reader informed of changes made to the website i.e News Updates and forth coming events.

OK, I've read the information and I want to subscribe to this Newsfeed
If you currently have a Newsreader installed, then please refer to the instructions contained within that program on 'how to add a new feed'. If you have downloaded the FREE Newsreader (listed above) from Feedreader, and installed the program, then to add our news feed, follow these instructions.

1. You might want to add a new folder to Feedreader, to do this, click on 'File' and then on 'Add Folder'. You will be prompted to name the folder, call it 'Parish Website' for example.

2. To add the new feed, press the function key 'F2', this will prompt you for the 'location of feed'. Enter the website url; http://www.dorchesteranglican.info/newsfeed.xml  and click 'next'. -Or- right-click on this icon and select "Copy Shortcut" or "Copy Link Location" to copy the location (URL) of the service. You can then 'paste' the URL into the field 'location of feed', by pressing 'Cntrl-V' (paste). If all this seems really daunting, don't worry, it will be worth it in the end.

The News reader will display 'Dorchester Parish Website RSS Feed' as the name of feed and ask you what folder you want to store it in. Select the folder and click 'finish'

3. The News reader will attempt to gather the latest news and information from the website and display it within the reader.

4. Thats It ! - As the website is updated you will be informed of all thats new.

You can get some idea of what we're talking about by clicking on this link, or alternatively, try this link. It will show you the exact same news feed currently available to subscribers, in different styled presentations.

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