What is an RSS Feed?
RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) provides a convenient way for you to receive content “feeds” from a variety of sources, including the latest news headlines from SheSaid.
When you subscribe to an RSS feed, new stories and updates are automatically delivered to you the moment they are published.
In order to subscribe to feeds, you need to download news reader software or use a Web-based news reader. This allows you to access all your feeds in one convenient location.
If you are ready to start there are a few terms and conditions you will also need to be aware of before using our feeds.
SheSaid RSS Feeds
RSS Readers
PC Users
- Newz Crawler: Retrieves news from various web sources in background and combines RSS, Atom, Newsgroups and Web pages in one application.
- Feed Newz Crawler: Unique newspaper layouts and configurable display options.
- Awasu: A free RSS reader that integrates with blogging services, podcasts and more.
- SharpReader: Allows customisable feed refresh rates and has advanced thread tracking.
Mac Users
- NetNewsWire: Newsgator's service for the Mac X users combining all the features of the Newsgator tool.
- Newsfire: A dedicated RSS feed built for your Mac with all the latest features packed in.
Browser-based reader
- Bloglines: Create your profile then search and select from thousands of headline feeds. Including ours of course! ;o)
- NewsGator: Integrates with your blog publishing and lots of upgrade features.
Windows / Mac / Linux
- Amphetadesk: Amphetadesk is one for the developers among us. This will allow you to tailor your experience regardless of your operating system.
- Straw: A feed aggregator for open source desktops.
If you are considering viewing video by RSS, be sure to check that your reader supports video.
Viewing Feeds in a Personal RSS Reader
A feed reader is an application known as an aggregator or news aggregator that retrieves syndicated content that is supplied in the form of a web feed (usually in the formats of RSS, Atom or javascript formats). RSS readers allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want. These readers can either be Standalone or Plug-in.
- Standalone readers are applications that run in the
background on your desktop and automatically update your
subscribed feeds. Plug-in readers work within one of your existing programs
such as Microsoft Outlook, Firefox or Internet Explorer.
There are a variety of RSS readers available. To the right we have suggested some you may like to try out.
(Please note that SheSaid does not endorse or support these readers)
Subscribing to an RSS Feed
To subscribe to SheSaid headlines, right click on one of the channels with the 
icon, and select "Copy Shortcut" "Copy Link Location" to copy the location (URL) of the service. Paste this location into the appropriate channel of your news reader by following the instructions within that application.
Another method is to click on a feed link to open in a new window, select the URL in the address bar and copy and paste it into your feed reader.
Reading Articles
Once you have subscribed to the RSS feeds that you want, your RSS reader will automatically update with the latest news.
The feed reader will present you with easy-to-browse headlines and short summaries, including links to the full article. You can see what's new, and read only the articles that interest you.
Publishing Feeds to Your Site (for Webmasters or Publishers)
- Using Javascript
You can easily republish our headlines in your own website without needing to know anything about RSS using our Javascript includes.Previewing one of our feeds (clicking on the feed name will take you to the view/download page for that feed) displays the javascript URL for that feed. Just add that to the HTML of your website where you would like the headlines to appear and our headlines will be automatically loaded and displayed.
- Parsing the XML to HTML for publication
If you are a little more comfortable with coding there are lots of parsing tools available to allow you to ingest the feed and republish this in your own site's content management system.
You may want to start your search for any help you need at www.feeddigest.com
