What’s a newsfeed?
A
newsfeed — also known as RSS — is a neat way to hear when this
site has been updated without having to check it all the time.
Once you’ve subscribed (easy and free!) you will automatically be sent ‘headlines’ of new posts (articles).
Sounds good - what do I need?
OK, the bad news first: if you currently use Internet Explorer 6 you will probably need to download some different browsing software (to find out go to Help > About Internet Explorer)).
However, if you have the latest version of Internet Explorer (version 7) or any other modern web browser (Firefox, Opera, Safari), you’re all set!
Subscribing with Firefox
- Find and click the orange RSS symbol in the far right of the
address bar
- On the next page, you should see a dropdown box which reads “Live bookmarks”
- Click “subscribe now”
- An icon with the RSS symbol reading “Trish and Paul’s New Zealand diaries” should appear on your bookmarks toolbar (if not, check it is set to display; go to > View Toolbars > Bookmarks Toolbar)
- Click the bookmark and the most recent headlines should appear in a dropdown menu
Subscribing with IE7
- In the top right hand corner, just below the browser’s search box, there is the orange rss symbol.
- Click the link and it will take you to a new page.
- At the top of this page there should be a link that read “Subscribe to this feed”
- In the dialog box, click “ok”
- To check the feed in the future, click the “favorites” star in the top left of the browser, just below the back/forward buttons.
Subscribing with a feed-reader (newsreader software)
- Find the RSS symbol above this paragraph
- Click the symbol, which takes you to the subscribe page
- Find and click the logo of your preferred feedreader (eg Bloglines, Newsgator, NetVibes)
- This will redirect you to their site where you either create an account or log in