Feeds
Due to recent renovation work on the Front page, the RSS excerpts available on Tawawa have become even shorter. For those who’d prefer RSS feeds of the whole Big Tree entries, we have just added those, both in RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0 format. Please find them here.
All new code is properly groomed, manicured and validated, but if it gives you a headache anyway, please let us know.
What is this all about?
Well, feeds are alternative versions, written in XML, of the new content posted to a Web site. Instead of reading Web sites, users can choose to read the feeds instead. They do this with a feedreader, a software application much like an e-mail client. The main attraction of doing so is that users can subscribe to feeds and get notified whenever a site publishes new content; it’s no longer necessary to go to a site to find out if it has been updated.
Here’s a simple diagram that explains How RSS Works.
If you’re new to this, the best way to start is probably to sign up to Bloglines. This is a free online service that acts like a feedreader and allows you to subsribe to feeds as soon as you’ve registered an account.
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Yeah — I’ve been encouraging other contributors to experiment with non-verbal media, but I haven’t found any volunteers yet. Until I find a volunteer, it’ll be me who offers the graphical embellishments.
The image is a quick and dirty remix of another graphic I created a couple of days ago.
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wow, the picture you used in the post looks so awesome - did you make it yourself?