What is RSS?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is the way to keep up to date with the changing information from websites.
RSS allows you to see when websites have added or changed content. You can get the latest headlines and articles in one place, as soon as they are published, without having to remember to visit each site every day.
RSS on the Transport Diversions Website
Using RSS we offer a variety of ways of keeping in touch with changes in our catalogue.
The menu items Newly Published, Expected Soon and New to the Shop can all be brought to you as RSS feeds by pressing the orange RSS button on these pages. Alternatively, you can make up your own query using the search bar at the top of the page and when the listing is displayed, press the RSS button to create your own custom RSS feed. Don't worry if you search doesn't show up any titles at the moment. If we add something to the catalogue in the future you will be alerted to it by the feed you have created. What happens then is that your news reader will query our catalogue on a regular basis and automatically display changes based on the search criteria you apply. Perhaps the easiest way to understand the benfits is to give it a try!
All feeds show changes to the catalogue during the previous 7 days.
How do I start using RSS feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks RSS feeds and lets you read any new articles that have been added to them.
There are many different versions, some of them use a Web browser and some are downloadable applications. Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download email using Outlook or Thunderbird, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail. A good list of readers can be found here.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want to receive in your news reader, by finding and subscribing to the relevant RSS feeds. Look for the orange RSS button to identify an RSS feed.
If you click on the button, you can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including dragging or cutting and pasting the address of the RSS feed into your news reader. Most sites that offer RSS use a similar, orange RSS button, but some may just have a normal Web link to the feed.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check RSS feeds for you when you visit a Website, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to RSS feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their Websites.
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.
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