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Netvibes

Monitoring Public Health news

1 Netvibes_ Instructions for use, October 2017-Sdoc_Paris/ Yvonne Bertrand, Librarian

Content

I - What is RSS Feed?

Where do I find RSS Feeds?

How can I read RSS Feeds?

II - What is Netvibes?

How does Netvibes work?

Create an account

III - Add RSS Feeds and organize your dashboard

IV – How do I read my dashboard?

Netvibes_ Instructions for use, October 2017-Sdoc_Paris/ Yvonne Bertrand, Librarian

I - What is RSS Feed?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) or (Rich Site Summary)

Symbolized by icons. Most popular icons include:

Language format

Gives free access to the content of websites and notifies when there are new changes

Allows to stay easily informed


Where do I find RSS Feeds? (1)

On the website:

Usually found:

1) At the top right corner of the homepage

Ex. The Conversation website


Where do I find RSS Feeds? (2)

2) At the bottom right corner of the homepage

Ex. The Who/Europe website


How can I read RSS Feeds?

With RSS Feeds reader

When you have identified your RSS Feed on the website, click on it

You will be asked to subscribe to the feed via a feed reader

In this presentation, we will chose Netvibes


II- What is Netvibes? (2005, France)

Basic option

RSS feeds reader

A platform that allows to gather in a single place

all the information you are interested in

A personal web portal (Dashboard)

Requires a valid email address

Runs with an account


How does Netvibes work?

1. Create an account

https://www.netvibes.com


https://www.netvibes.com/

2. Select your language and sources

Select a source and click on

« next » at the bottom of the

screen


Click on

« Dashboard it » 1

2

3. Personalize your dashboard

Add website

address, Rss

feeds…

Reading

option Search engine General settings

Manage

your

account

Create and

manage your

dashboard

Dashboard’s

tabs

Tabs’ boxes


4. Manage your tab

Add tabs

Icon

color

Share,

duplicate or

delete your tab

Number of boxes and

position of tabs

Name or

rename

your tab

Close

tab


III - Add RSS Feeds and organize your

dashboard (1)

3 examples

1) - On the newspaper’s website: RSS Feed is

easy to see

Select the section you are interested in:

Click on the RSS Feed

and subscribe via

Netvibes



dashboard (2)


not easy to see and is not identifiable : two ways

to add the feed :

a) Select the section you are interested in:

Write « /rss » after the

website address and

press the enter Key

on your Keyboard

Note:

Sometimes this

doesn’t work



dashboard (3)


not easy to see and is not identifiable

b) Select the section you are interested in:

Cut the website section

address and past it in

Netvibes.

Netvibes will find the feed

for you



dashboard (4)

1

2

3



dashboard (5)

Click here to

add the RSS

Feed



dashboard (6)

Select a tab

for your feed

Add the feed to

your dashboard


IV - How do I read my dashboard (1)

a. Apps view = overview of the content

Number of

unread feeds

Unread feed remains in bold



a. Apps view

Click on the title of a selected

feed to read the full article on

the newspaper’s website



b. Reader view = reading comfort

Click on a

selected

feed to

see

references

and

abstracts

of articles



b. Reader view = reading comfort

Click on the

title of the

selected feed

to read the full

article on the

newspaper’s

website


Read the full article on the newspaper’s website


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