RSS Feeds
I bet your saying "what
the bloody hell are you talking about", or maybe you use news and travel
service RSS feeds already, well we are broadcasting the Catch Reports via a feed
right now, so what is it, and how do I get it but more to the point do I need
it?
There are many ways to show a
feed on many different types of devices, the idea is to share regular updated
info on the fly, on your PC it is really a toy, it saves you logging onto our
site to see the latest reports but for news and weather it can be really useful,
do you need it? it's a toy, of course you do. The main way is to show the feed
on your desktop, here I will try to help you get it working.
Method 1 - Using Google Desktop
(sideshow sidebar)
- If you have a Google Desktop
then skip to number 4.
- Download the Google Desktop,
Click
Here.
- Install the software as
shown.
- Once you have it all up and
running, click the top right menu on the sidebar of your desktop and select "Add
Gadgets".
- In the search box type "onefeed",
click on "add".
- Now go to the viewers option
menu and click option, paste this link into it http://www.leader-lines.com/wap/shore-rss.xml"
- Hey Presto, you have our
catch reports on your desktop, the gadget checks every 5 mins for an update.
Method 2- Using Windows
SideShow
-
From our
homepage (or now) you should see an orange icon, normally near the home
button, click it.
- Now click
"Subscribe" it will ask you where to save the link, it should go
into the "feeds" section of your favourites.
- Click on
"Start/Windows" and select control panel then SideShow.
- If you have the RSS freader installed you will see both our feed and the viewer's orange icons, if you
don't have the standard orange icon you will need to click "Add
Gadget" can select the RSS viewer.
- With the RSS viewer
installed, click on it and select our feed.
- As with Microsoft, there is
more, close control panel down and click on the menu of the RSS gadget,
deselect all the news feeds and select our feed, job done.
Everytime your PC starts up
and hooks onto the net your RSS service will start, normally within 5 minutes the
first message will display.