RSS help: Free RSS Feed reader and setup advice

RSS is the new, sexy way to keep up with your favourite websites. Once you have set it up it is a breeze to use and you will wonder how you ever managed without it - but setting it up and understanding it is a little complicated. So we have put together this guide to help you get to grips with RSS feeds. We have kept is as non technical as possible and any technical bits are explained in depth.

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Follow these instructions and you will be reading RSS as easily as viewing a website!

What is an RSS feed?

Put simply an RSS feed is a file that contains the latest updates from a website. Many websites offer these RSS feeds and soon it will be the normal way to get updates from websites. Sometimes when you click on an RSS link you get a horrible looking piece of raw code in your browser which is enough to make you think never again! But don't give up, read on!

Why would I want to use RSS Feeds?

Because basically, websites will then send their updates automatically and freely to you, rather than you having to visit each site. So you can collate all the information you like reading in one place. You can set your RSS reader to tell you when a new article appears on any of the sites you are following!

I'm interested. How do I get started with RSS feeds?

OK, let's start with the easiest way to start. All you need is an RSS reader. We have a free RSS reader available for download below. We recommend reading all of this page FIRST and then clicking on this link:

> free rss reader <

a. When you click on the above link a box will come up asking you if you want to open the file or save it to your computer. This will look something like this:

Click OK to save it to your computer. If you are given a choice to open the file instead ignore that and make sure you choose to save it to your computer. Another box will pop up:

Find a place to save the file on your computer. It doesn't matter where it is, but you must remember where it is as you will need to go to the location in a minute to install the rss reader. Click save and the RSS reader will download.

Excellent! You have the RSS reader on your computer. Now all you have to do is install it - so go to part two of this HOW TO use RSS feeds tutorial.

>> Go to part 2 of the RSS feeds tutorial >>