Unit：RSS

Add the News RSS of Revenue Service Office ,Kaohsiung City

What is RSS?

RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication (among other things). It is a web content format which, when used with an RSS aggregator, can allow you to alert users to new or exciting content on your website. These news feeds enable users to avoid the conventional methods of browsing or searching for information on websites. Now the content they want is delivered directly to them.

RSS feeds are commonly used on weblogs (blogs), news web sites and other places with frequently updated content. Once users subscribe to an RSS feed, they can gather material from web sites of their choosing. It’s a very convenient format because it allows users to view all the new content from multiple sources in one location on their desktop.

RSS is written in the Internet coding language known as XML, which is why you see RSS buttons labeled that way, commonly with this icon: or

How do I set it up on my computer?

To take advantage of RSS, you need a special program (or service) for reading feeds. There are a lot of such programs, both free and commercial. (The above example uses NetNewsWire Lite.) Here are a few news readers we recommend; a search on the Web for "RSS Reader" will turn up many more:

MacOSX

NetNewsWire/NetNewsWire Lite
Mac OSX news reader features a simple, clean layout. The Lite version is free.

Windows

FeedDemon
This Windows product was designed by the same company that created NetNewsWire.

Web-based

NewsGator
My Yahoo!
Google

Certain Web browsers—Mozilla, Firefox and Safari—offer the further option of creating a live bookmark, a feature that will soon be supported by every major browser.

Links to RSS feeds are usually identified by a small orange button that reads either "RSS" or "XML." Depending on the browser, a user clicking on this button will see either a list of headlines and short blurbs, or a page full of code (which can be ignored).

To add the feed to your RSS reader, copy the Web address of the link, go into your news reader application, and create a new subscription by pasting in the address for the feed.

If your browser supports RSS, check the specifications or help menus for how to add RSS to your bookmarks or favorites, or how to read a feed in your browser. Most browsers use some kind of clickable RSS icon to indicate when a feed is available for the site in question. For example, in Mozilla Firefox, a user can create a live bookmark by clicking on the icon in the location bar at the top of the browser window that looks like this: .