"JR" wrote

Well, I'm embarrassed (if only mildly) to say that I have no idea what
to do with those. Don't know if I even have an "RSS reader" (I use
Firefox), and if I do, what I'd do with it.

Still, looking at your site, I see that it has come along quite nicely.
I like the fly boxes section.



You probably see little "rss" or "xml" logos all over, especially news sites
and blogs. It's a way for you to see what's new without going to the site
and looking around.

It can save a lot of surfing time, once you get the hang of it.

in Firefox, click on Tools, then Extensions, then get more extensions

on the Mozilla site search for Sage by name and install it

you now have a nifty RSS reader

ALT-S will open it in a sidebar

go to my site on the page with the RSS links
http://www.kimshew.com/rss.php


click the little magnifying glass on SAGE and it will find all RSS feeds and
list them
add them ( you can add folders and organize these links just like other
bookmarks ... they are in the 'Live Bookmarks' folder of your bookmarks )

Go to the NYT and Washington Post and NPR etc ( pick sites that interest
you, of course ) and search for their RSS feeds ..add them and organize them

now the really cool thing .... click on the line in Sage that says "Larry's
Fly Patterns" and see what happens G .... it is automatically updated ...
only the 15 most recent show and if I add a new page you will know it
without a visit to my site, if it interests one click and you are on the
correct page of the site !!!

same for all your news feeds ... see only the headline and a line or two of
text, without going to the site ... and it's automatically updated whenever
that site is updated !!! the little YinYangy symbol in Sage updates all
your feeds at once or you can update single ones like my patterns above.
Nifty stuff

btw ... RSS = Really Simple Syndication