CHILDLINE India Foundation > RSS Feeds

RSS is a way of providing content to the user's browser or desktop in an efficient way. By using RSS feeds, the user can stay updated on the news from Indiatimes and other news sources with very little extra effort.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds are normally provided in three ways: headlines only, headlines with excerpts and full text feeds. Indiatimes provides you with the headlines with excerpts version for free. Of the multiple RSS formats that exist today (RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 2.0), CHILDLINE supports the latest 2.0

More Information On RSS (External Links)
» What is RSS by Mark Pilgrim
» Introduction to RSS by Mark Nottingham

How To Use The Feeds

Feeds are normally viewed in two types of applications: One is the desktop aggregator and two is the Web-based aggregator.

Desktop Aggregator

There are a multitude of desktop aggregators, free and commercial, available these days.

To illustratrate how to use the Webbing Systems feeds, we are going to use RSSBandit, which is one of the free aggregators.

The software requires the installation of Microsoft's .Net Framework. You can download it from here.

Once installed, start the application and click on "Import Feeds' from the file menu.

Enter the URL of the Webbing Systems feeds. (http://www.childlineindia.org.in/feed.xml)

If you want to add the feeds manually

Click on "New Feed" in the "Feed Subscriptions" panel.

Enter the URL of the Webbing Systems feeds. (http://www.childlineindia.org.in/feed.xml)

Click "Ok" and you are ready to roll!

Web-based Aggregator

Some of the popular web-based aggregators are Bloglines and Syndic8.com.

You can access their services at their respective sites.