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start using News Feeds


Please watch this short video to get an overview of news feeds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

This task has 3 steps which you may want to do only one at a time:

  • start using a web based News Reader/Feed Aggregator
  • add news feeds to your websites
  • setup News Reader/Feed Aggregator webapp on your server

 

well let's get started!

 

start using a News Reader/Feed Aggregator

I would recommend trying this web based feed reader, it uses open source software which you can use to set it up later on your own server:

http://newsblur.com/

Once you create an account you will find a 5 step tutorial which can help you get started with using it!

add news feeds to your websites

explore the various services & programs (for your preferred language of choice) that accept the basic data for your news items and generate RSS feeds.

setup News Reader/Feed Aggregator webapp on your server

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