Using the internet to keep up & go beyond! A presentation by Celia Ross DePaul University Libraries 26 May 2006

RSS : R eally S imple S yndication Story is written Story is sent to “the wire” Papers pick up ‘feed’ off the wire Story appears here

Syndication Here And Here

Written once Put on network Appears in many papers

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!

RSS Syndication Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog) “Feed” is available on the web You use feed reader to subscribe to the feed Article appears in your feed reader

1. The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog)

1. The ‘Article or “post” is written (usually on a blog)

2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on the web

Feed subscription buttons look like this: 2. Blog automatically creates a “Feed” and makes it available on the web

Clicking on this button brings up the feed. Do not be frightened by what you are about to see…

Sometimes it looks a little nicer…

This is the feed address. Highlight and copy it. The rest of this gobbledygook is the XML code. Look away! Do not concern yourself with it (unless your inner geek calls to you)

3. Use a “feed reader” to subscribe to the feed Bloglines ( is a free and popular Feed Readerwww.bloglines.com

After Creating your free account, subscribe to the RSS feed by pasting the feed link into the subscribe window

4. You see updated headlines to your subscribed feeds in your feed reader.

ALL My Feeds Headlines from my blog. Click to read. You can customize to see summaries too! Feed we just subscribed to

RSS-o-rama

RSS-o-rama

RSS-o-rama

One Final bit of coolness In addition to reading feeds through a feed reader, you can “syndicate” the content to your own website or intranet. In addition to reading feeds through a feed reader, you can “syndicate” the content to your own website or intranet. Let’s look at bloglines again Let’s look at bloglines again

Some of my finance feeds

One Final bit of coolness (cont.) Now let’s look at these feeds syndicated to a website (instead of through a feed reader)… Now let’s look at these feeds syndicated to a website (instead of through a feed reader)…

One Final bit of coolness

You can generate javascript to do this at: h h h h h tttt tttt pppp :::: //// //// pppp 3333 kkkk.... oooo rrrr gggg //// rrrr ssss ssssor h h h h h tttt tttt pppp :::: //// //// jjjj aaaa dddd eeee.... mmmm cccc llll iiii.... dddd iiii ssss tttt.... mmmm aaaa rrrr iiii cccc oooo pppp aaaa.... eeee dddd uuuu //// ffff eeee eeee dddd //// Or try Suprglu: w w w w w wwww wwww.... ssss uuuu pppp rrrr gggg llll uuuu.... cccc oooo mmmm to see all your favorite feeds as one webpage (with its own single feed). Kinda like this: celiaross.suprglu.com

Now go forth and syndicate ! Handout with links available at: (this presentation is also linked from the above site) Presentation URL: Thank you for your time! Please feel free to direct any questions to Celia at or James Moore at