Class One Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 There's two bright orange buttons on the bottom of the page I haven't noticed before one saying RDF and the other RSS when pressed bring up some weird computer code stuff (sorry I'm not IT techie at all!) Should they be there???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptik Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 That looks like a kind of source code for the site. Shows how the site is made up. Anyone else have any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 RSS is on the bbc site too... but not in such a raw format....guessing Mawb's is working on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 There's two bright orange buttons on the bottom of the page I haven't noticed before one saying RDF and the other RSS when pressed bring up some weird computer code stuff (sorry I'm not IT techie at all!) Should they be there???? good spotting sir - they are on mine too off to press one, wish me luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey3 Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Rich Site Summary The technology behind RSS allows Internet users to subscribe to websites that have provided RSS feeds; these are typically sites that change or add content regularly. To use this technology, site owners create or obtain specialized software (such as a content management system) which, in the machine-readable XML format, presents new articles in a list, giving a line or two of each article and a link to the full article or post. Unlike subscriptions to pulp-based newspapers and magazines, most RSS subscriptions are free. The RSS formats provide web content or summaries of web content together with links to the full versions of the content, and other meta-data. This information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, webfeed, RSS stream, or RSS channel. In addition to facilitating syndication, RSS allows a website's frequent readers to track updates on the site using an aggregator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mawby Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 I had a few minutes to spare a lunch! The RSS content has been available on the site since the last upgrade. I've just put some links to it so people are aware of it, and it seems to be pretty standard now to advertise the fact a site supports RSS in this fashion. I know roboldham uses the rss a lot as it allows him to keep an eye on the forum from his pda. He'll probably be able to tell you how to use it better than I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 31, 2005 Share Posted October 31, 2005 Apparently (according to the BBC blurb on RSS) you can drag the RSS button onto a web based news feed program to stay updated. Presumably a bit like the BBC tickertape applet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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