1. RSS: Three Letters Every Advocate Needs to Know Presented by David Bonebrake Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project July 25, 2008

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4. Todays Training Introduction to RSS RSS Walkthroughs Setting up Google Reader Setting up a News Alert feed for your organization Getting started with Law Blawgs Creating RSS feeds for your organization Related Technology - Twitter

5. WHAT IS RSS?

6. What is RSS? RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication RSS allows websites to syndicate content to other websites and other applications such RSS feed readers, and web browsers

7. How RSS Works

8. Traditional Web Browsing

9. Web Browsing Now

10. RSS to the Rescue RSS makes keeping up with web-based resources easier, especially as that pool of resources expands When used effectively, its an important tool for fighting information overload

11. Atom Feeds Very similar to RSS feeds All new RSS readers and web browsers support Atom and RSS standards Most users do not need to worry about the difference between the two

12. GETTING STARTED WITH RSS

13. Different Uses of RSS Stay updated on your field Immerse yourself in a new area Monitor what others are saying about your organization

14. Who is creating RSS Feeds? Legal news sites Legal technology sites National legal aid organizations Statewide websites Law Blawgs Courts Project management tools Case management systems

15. RSS Readers Web Based Readers Google Reader Bloglines iGoogle MyYahoo Software Based RSS Readers Feed Demon Net News Wire FeedReader RSS-supporting Web Browsers Internet Explorer 7 Firefox

16. Web Based Readers - Google

17. Desktop Readers - Feed Demon

18. Browsers - Firefox

19. Browsers – IE 7

20. Subscribing to RSS Feeds Look for the RSS logo: Both Google Reader & MyYahoo have built-in feed searches

21. GOOGLE READER WALKTHROUGH

22. SETTING UP A GOOGLE NEWS FEED FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

23. LAW BLAWGS

24. ABA Journal Blawg Directory

25. RSS FEEDS AND WEBSITES

26. Websites Consuming RSS Feeds Like RSS readers, web pages can consume and display RSS feeds Most modern web platforms support easy inline display of RSS feeds Pro Bono Net Open Source Template

27. Websites Creating RSS Feeds Most modern web platforms also support syndicating website content New Open Source CMSs Pro Bono Platform Blogging Software http://techsoup.org/learningcenter/interne t/page5820.cfm http://techsoup.org/learningcenter/interne t/page5820.cfm

28. RSS Feeds on the Probono.net template The probono.net advocate site template has outgoing RSS feeds from the News, Calendar and flexible content pages. Site visitors can subscribe to that content via their own RSS reader)

29. RSS Feeds on the Probono.net template A widget for an incoming RSS feed from other sources can be added to the homepage and other areas of the site. Supports all RSS and most Atom feeds.

30. TRLA Press Center

31. Additional Resources RSS section of the LSNTAP Tech Library Ultimate RSS Toolset: http://oedb.org/library/features/the_ultimate_rss_to olset