RSS

For those of you who don't already know, there's a thing called 'RSS' (Really Simple Syndication) which will automatically tell you the number of new posts on our blog (so you don't have to check regularly only to discover there's nothing new). It does this by displaying a number next to the site's bookmark.

Using RSS will involve one of two slightly different but easy methods.

(1) Look in you browser's address bar (where it says andrewandlaura.blogpsot.com right now). If along at the end of that bar there's a little blue RSS icon, then all you need to do is this. Click on the icon and you'll go to our site's 'feed' - this site's content in a slightly different format. Bookmark this feed by adding it to your bookmark bar or menu. Each time I add a new post a number will appear next to that bookmark, telling you there's one or two or however many new posts to look at.

(2) If you don't have that little icon, scroll down to the bottom of this page's sidebar (the links on the right) and click on the link to 'RSS/XML Feed', which has the same result. Bookmark the feed that appears and the bookmark should alert you with a number whenever there's a new post.

Because I've set the site to print whole blog entries in RSS view, you can just read the site's feed if you like. If you'd like to comment, say hello or simply like the mellow colour scheme I've chosen however, you'll have to go to the site itself. This can be done by simply clicking the title of the post you want to comment on.

I hope that makes sense, these things are pretty difficult to describe. Improvements on this post are welcome, as are any queries from those who are still horribly confused.

For anyone who is already tech savvy and just wants to know the feed's address, then here it is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/EvaLuna