News Feeds

What are News Feeds?

News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest headlines and video 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. There is some discussion as to what RSS stands for, but most people plump for 'Really Simple Syndication'. In essence, the feeds themselves are just web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.

How do I start using feeds?

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.


Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive. Here is a list of feeds that you can subscribe to from St Johns:

Many of the news and news paper sites also provide RSS feeds, so you will be able to add these to your reader and see them all in the same place.

How do I get a news reader?



Here is a small collection of some of those available