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An RSS feed is a method of posting new and updated content that can be read through many popular email applications and web content engines. They allow for a user to see changes made to a site's content with a quick glance. Scan Cape Cod currently provides RSS feeds of new content on the message board, Incident Notification forum, and the Wiki. | An RSS feed is a method of posting new and updated content that can be read through many popular email applications and web content engines. They allow for a user to see changes made to a site's content with a quick glance. Scan Cape Cod currently provides RSS feeds of new content on the message board, Incident Notification forum, and the Wiki. | ||
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RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and is a formate that allows content to be published in "feeds". These feeds can be read by many popular email clients and web content engines. RSS allows a user to easily view changes or additions to a website, see news and information published by a website, and to be able to do so without having to navigate through multiple websites. | RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and is a formate that allows content to be published in "feeds". These feeds can be read by many popular email clients and web content engines. RSS allows a user to easily view changes or additions to a website, see news and information published by a website, and to be able to do so without having to navigate through multiple websites. | ||
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*Yahoo Mail and Gmail are web based email clients that can handle RSS feeds. | *Yahoo Mail and Gmail are web based email clients that can handle RSS feeds. | ||
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Scan Massachusetts currently offers three RSS feeds. | Scan Massachusetts currently offers three RSS feeds. | ||
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*'''Description''':This feed will provide you with the last 10 updates to the Wiki | *'''Description''':This feed will provide you with the last 10 updates to the Wiki | ||
*'''Feed URL''': http://www.scancapecod.us/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss | *'''Feed URL''': http://www.scancapecod.us/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss | ||
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*'''Description''':This feed will provide all new posts in all of the forums | *'''Description''':This feed will provide all new posts in all of the forums | ||
*'''Feed URL''': http://www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php?type=rss2 | *'''Feed URL''': http://www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php?type=rss2 | ||
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*'''Description''':This feed will provide all new posts '''only in the Incident Notifications forum''' | *'''Description''':This feed will provide all new posts '''only in the Incident Notifications forum''' | ||
*'''Feed URL''': http://www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=43 | *'''Feed URL''': http://www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=43 | ||
*[http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http%3A//www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php%3Ftype%3Drss2%26forumids%3D43 http://gmodules.com/ig/images/plus_google.gif] | *[http://fusion.google.com/add?source=atgs&feedurl=http%3A//www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php%3Ftype%3Drss2%26forumids%3D43 http://gmodules.com/ig/images/plus_google.gif] | ||
*[http://us.rd.yahoo.com/my/atm/Scan%20Cape%20Cod/Scan%20Massacusetts/Incident%20Notifications/*http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http%3A//www.scancapecod.us/wiki/index.php%3Ftitle%3DSpecial%3ARecentchanges%26feed%3Drsshttp%3A//www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php%3Ftype%3Drss2%26forumids%3D43 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif] | *[http://us.rd.yahoo.com/my/atm/Scan%20Cape%20Cod/Scan%20Massacusetts/Incident%20Notifications/*http://add.my.yahoo.com/rss?url=http%3A//www.scancapecod.us/wiki/index.php%3Ftitle%3DSpecial%3ARecentchanges%26feed%3Drsshttp%3A//www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php%3Ftype%3Drss2%26forumids%3D43 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif] | ||
Revision as of 23:30, 15 January 2008
Scan Cape Cod/Scan Massachusetts RSS Feeds An RSS feed is a method of posting new and updated content that can be read through many popular email applications and web content engines. They allow for a user to see changes made to a site's content with a quick glance. Scan Cape Cod currently provides RSS feeds of new content on the message board, Incident Notification forum, and the Wiki.
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What Is RSS and How Can I Use It?
RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and is a formate that allows content to be published in "feeds". These feeds can be read by many popular email clients and web content engines. RSS allows a user to easily view changes or additions to a website, see news and information published by a website, and to be able to do so without having to navigate through multiple websites.
If you would like to view RSS feeds you will need a piece of software or a web service that will fetch the feeds for you. This is a list of software and services that will fetch RSS feeds for you.
| Email Clients | Stand Alone Clients | Web Based Applications |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | Google Reader | My Yahoo! |
| Microsoft Outlook | Newsgator | iGoogle |
| Yahoo Mail* | RSS Reader | myAOL |
| Gmail* | FeedReader |
- Yahoo Mail and Gmail are web based email clients that can handle RSS feeds.
What RSS Feeds Are Available From SCC/SMA?
Scan Massachusetts currently offers three RSS feeds.
Wiki Updates
- Description:This feed will provide you with the last 10 updates to the Wiki
- Feed URL: http://www.scancapecod.us/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&feed=rss
- http://gmodules.com/ig/images/plus_google.gif
- http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif
Message Board
- Description:This feed will provide all new posts in all of the forums
- Feed URL: http://www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php?type=rss2
- http://gmodules.com/ig/images/plus_google.gif
- http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif
Incident Notifications
- Description:This feed will provide all new posts only in the Incident Notifications forum
- Feed URL: http://www.scancapecod.us/messageboard/external.php?type=rss2&forumids=43
- http://gmodules.com/ig/images/plus_google.gif
- http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/my/addtomyyahoo4.gif
