Keep Informed
RSS Feed
You can subscribe to this website's two RSS feeds, which will allow you to receive notifications of blog updates as they are posted or notifications as events are posted to the Cycle to Walk Events page.
Here are the links to the two available feeds:
- Follow Ramesh's Journey RSS feed
- Cycle to Walk Events RSS feed
What are news feeds?
News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get the latest headlines as soon as they are 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.
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. In the case of this website, simply go to the RSS link – available on the welcome page, and throughout the rest of the site.
If you click on the 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. Some of the options available to you are listed below.
Please note that this list is provided as a courtesy, and will not be updated or maintained. Cycle to Walk does not endorse or recommend any of these programs.
Windows News Readers
Mac OS X
Apple Safari
Newsfire
NetNewsWire
Web
Browser
Mozilla Firefox
Internet Explorer 7
The RSS information on this page is adapted from content created by the BBC. Cycle to Walk is not responsible for content on any of the linked sites.
