What is RSS?

If you want the latest themes, templates and articles delivered to you then RSS is perfect for you. "RSS" is about getting our content directly to your computer. RSS takes the latest contents from from our website, and pushes that content down to your computer for quick scanning. The acronym RSS stands for many versions of the same thing.

• Really Simple Syndication
• Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91)
• RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9 and 1.0)
• Real-time Simple Syndication (RSS 2.0)

In each of the above meanings, the purpose is the same: to have our website deliver the latest news directly to your monitor. So instead of having to visit the website all the time, which is still a cool thing to do, you just go to one screen and see it combined ("aggregated") into a single window. The RSS headlines and stories are effectively immediate. Once we publish content, RSS headlines take only moments to get to your screen.

How it Works:

1. Behind the scenes: RSS headlines are really simple text files that we publish and submit to a special feed server. That RSS feed server, in turn, pushes the text file to you, our subscribers. Time lag is usually 30 seconds to 30 minutes before the subscribers see the updates. In most cases, the lag is not even noticeable.
2. To Get Started: you choose an RSS reader tool for yourself. Most RSS readers are free to use, and easy to learn.
3. Setup Your Screen: you load the RSS feeds into your reader tool. This is achieved through multiple different ways. You can visit the web feed site directly, you can copy-paste the special code from an email, or you can load copies from your friend's RSS reader screen.
4. Then you start reading our feed news! You simply log in to your RSS reader page, or start your RSS software, and you can scan all your web feeds instantly. You can arrange the RSS feeds into folders, just like email, and you can even set alerts and sounds for when a particular web feed is updated.

Examples of RSS Readers:

• Bloglines.com
• Newsgator.com
• My Yahoo Reader
• Google Reader