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href="/web/20070205015615/http://www.culture.gov.uk/">home</a></li><li> > <a>RSS</a></li></ul></span> <a id="body"></a>  <div id="main">  <h1>news feed</h1>    <div id="pageMainText"><span id="HtmPlhRSS"><h2>RSS (Really Simple Syndication)</h2> <p>RSS is an internet service that lets you know when new content has been added to a website.  Typically, web owners create a feed link which users can then add to a news reader (RSS aggregator).  Websites that have this service often identify their RSS pages with an orange RSS button.  <img alt="RSS button" src="/web/20070205015615im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/E0E64EBC-D592-451C-B204-64F06D7C0CE4/0/rss_feed_link_small.gif" border="0"></p> <p>We are adding RSS feeds to our sites. You will be able to subscribe to them from this page as and when they become available. However, before you click on one of our feeds, please read on.</p> <h2>Where do I start?</h2> <p>First you will need a newsreader </p> <p>There are several ways to get a newsreader.</p> <ol> <li><strong>Download a newsreader application<br></strong>These applications let you store the feeds on your computer.  Many are free of charge and more are appearing all the time. Here are some of the popular ones.<br><br><strong>Windows</strong><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.newzcrawler.com/">Newz Crawler</a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.newsgator.com/NGOLProduct.aspx?ProdId=FeedDemon">FeedDemon</a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.awasu.com/">Awasu</a> <br><br><strong>MacOs X<br></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.newsfirerss.com/">Newsfire</a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://ranchero.com/netnewswire/">NetNewsWire</a> <br><br> <li><strong>Use an RSS enabled browser<br></strong>Some browsers are RSS enabled.  <br><br>Mozilla, Safari and Opera 7+ recognise RSS feeds and display them for easy reading.   <br>  <li><strong>Use a web service to create your own news pages</strong><br>Sign up to an online service such as:<br><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.bloglines.com/">Bloglines</a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://e.my.yahoo.com/config/my_init?.intl=us&.partner=my&.from=i">My Yahoo!</a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.newsgator.com/ngs/default.aspx">NewsGator</a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.netvibes.com/">Netvibes</a> <br>  <li><strong>Via email<br></strong>Some services will send you RSS by email. You will need to download an email plugin such as <br><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/rss2email/">Rss2mail</a>  <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.rssreaders.net/rss-to-email-converters.htm">AmphetaMailer</a> </li></ol> <h2>How do I subscribe to a news feed?</h2> <p>Once you have chosen a newsreader, you can begin to subscribe to the RSS feeds. When you find a feed you are interested in, copy the XML/RSS link from the website and paste it into the newsreader.  For example, the XML/RSS link for <strong>DCMS latest news</strong> is <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/rss">http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/rss</a>. </p> <p>The newsreader you choose will have full details on how to do this.</p> <p><strong>DCMS newsfeeds are compliant to RSS version 2.0</strong></p> <h2>Further reading</h2> <p><a title="opens new browser window" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070205015615/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/default.stm" target="_blank">BBC What is RSS?</a>  </p></span></div>  </div> <div id="extras">  <h2>Available Feeds</h2> <ul id="listFeeds" class="noBullet">  <li><a href="/web/20070205015615/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/rss/dcmsnews.xml"><img src="/web/20070205015615im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/rss_small.gif" alt="RSS: DCMS: What's New" border="0"/><span> DCMS: What's New</span></a></li><li><a href="/web/20070205015615/http://www.culture.gov.uk/global/rss/dcmsfoicases.xml"><img src="/web/20070205015615im_/http://www.culture.gov.uk/www.culture.gov.uk/images/rss_small.gif" alt="RSS: DCMS: FoI Requests" border="0"/><span> DCMS: FoI Requests</span></a></li></ul>  </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div>  <div class="footerIcon"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> <p style="LEFT: 180px; 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