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Using the internet to Using the internet to keep up & go beyond!keep up & go beyond!
A presentation by Celia Ross
DePaul University Libraries
26 May 2006
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RSSRSS: : RReallyeally SSimpleimple SSyndicationyndication
Story is written
Story
is se
nt to
“the
wire”
Papers pick up
‘feed’ off the
wire
Story appears here
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Syndication Syndication
Story appears here
HereAnd HereAnd Here
And Here
And Here
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Written once
Put on network
Appears in Appears in many many
paperspapers
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Just like RSS. Except…Just like RSS. Except…1.The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a
blog)
2.The blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on the web
3.You use a “feed reader” to subscribe to the feed
4.You see updated headlines to your subscribed feeds in your feed reader.
It’s like creating your own customized newspaper!
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RSS Syndication RSS Syndication
Article or “post” is written (usually on a
blog)
“Fee
d” is
avai
lable
on
the
web
You use feed
reader to
subscribe to the
feed
Article appears in your feed reader
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1. The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog)
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1. The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog)
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2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on the web
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2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on
the web
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Feed subscription buttons Feed subscription buttons look like this:look like this:
2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on
the web
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Clicking on this button brings up the feed.
Do not be frightened by what you are about to see…
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Sometimes it looks a little nicer…Sometimes it looks a little nicer…
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This is the feed This is the feed address. Highlight address. Highlight
and copy it.and copy it.
The rest of this gobbledygook is The rest of this gobbledygook is the XML code. Look away! Do not the XML code. Look away! Do not
concern yourself with it (unless concern yourself with it (unless your inner geek calls to you)your inner geek calls to you)
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3. Use a “feed reader” to subscribe to the feed
•Bloglines (www.bloglines.com) is a free and popular Feed Reader
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After Creating your free account, subscribe to the RSS feed by pasting the feed link into the
subscribe window
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4. You see updated headlines to your subscribed feeds in your feed reader.
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ALL My Feeds
Headlines from my blog. Click to read. You can
customize to see summaries too!
Feed we just
subscribed to
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RSS-o-ramaRSS-o-rama
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RSS-o-ramaRSS-o-rama
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RSS-o-ramaRSS-o-rama
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One Final bit of coolnessOne Final bit of coolness
In addition to reading feeds through In addition to reading feeds through a feed reader, you can “syndicate” a feed reader, you can “syndicate” the content to your own website or the content to your own website or intranet.intranet.
Let’s look at bloglines againLet’s look at bloglines again
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Some of my finance feeds
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One Final bit of coolness (cont.)One Final bit of coolness (cont.)
Now let’s look at these feeds Now let’s look at these feeds syndicated syndicated toto a website (instead of a website (instead of through a feed reader)…through a feed reader)…
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One Final bit of coolnessOne Final bit of coolness
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One Final bit of coolnessOne Final bit of coolness
You can generate javascript to do You can generate javascript to do this at: this at: http://p3k.org/rsshttp://p3k.org/rss
or or http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/feed/
Or try SuprOr try Suprglu: glu: www.suprglu.comwww.suprglu.com to to see all your favorite feeds as one see all your favorite feeds as one webpage (with its own single feed). webpage (with its own single feed). Kinda like this: Kinda like this: celiaross.suprglu.com celiaross.suprglu.com
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One Final bit of coolnessOne Final bit of coolness
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Now go forth and syndicate !
• Handout with links available at:•http://condor.depaul.edu/~cross5/keepingup.html
(this presentation is also linked from the above site)
•Presentation URL:•http://condor.depaul.edu/~cross5/rss.ppt
Thank you for your time! Please feel free to direct any questions to Celia at [email protected] or James Moore at [email protected]