Monday, June 8, 2009

How to be notified of new blog posting

Jeff suggested researching a way to receive notification of new blog posting. Our computer technician recommends using a RSS reader rather than everyone's email address. Please find below instructions to setup a RSS reader for Green Daly and any other blog or web site you would like to receive updates from:


You can be notified of new posting from a blog or any web site by activating a RSS reader for you computer.  For quite some time now most of your favorite news site and blogs offer a RSS feed for you to subscribe too.  When you use a RSS reader with a RSS feed from your blogs or news sites it acts a lot like email.  You can choose to run your RSS reader and it constantly checks for new news and then provides links to that news.  No need go to all your favorite blogs or website to see if there is anything new.


How do you get started?  


First find a news reader for you system.  We have provide a list  below:


Web Based:

Google Reader - http://reader.google.com/

BlogLines - http://www.bloglines.com/


Mac:

Safari - Built in

Mail - Built in

NetNewsWire - http://www.newsgator.com/individuals/netnewswire/default.aspx


Windows:

RSS Gadget - Vista

Outlook 2007

FeedDemon - http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/FeedDemon/Default.aspx


Linux:

Lifera - http://liferea.sourceforge.net/


Then go to your favorite news and blog sites and look for the RSS logo (usually on the right side of the address).  It will sometimes also look  like an orange icon with 2 curve bars and a dot.  If you are on a PC do a right click on it and copy the link.  If you are on a Mac hold down the control key and then click on it and copy the link.  Then go back to your RSS reader and paste in the link.  The RSS reader will take care of the rest and keep you up to date on blog posting and the current news.  

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