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FeedReader is now available to all blog@USF accounts!
What is FeedReader?
FeedReader is a RSS/Atom news aggregator. It saves you time by grabbing the latest info (”feeds”) from all your favorite websites and building a customized news page just for you!
Is FeedReader better than a desktop RSS reader (NetNewsWire, NewsGator, etc)?
Yes and no. Since FeedReader is web-based, you can read the latest news when you’re on the go. All that is needed is an Internet connection and a web browser. Your FeedReader news can even be used as a feed itself, so you can share your news with others. However, FeedReader does not have all of the features you’ll find in a desktop reader like NetNewsWire.
How do I get started?
- Go to http://NETID.blog.usf.edu/feeds
(example: http://epierce.blog.usf.edu/feeds )
- Click on login; Enter your NetID & password
- Click on Admin
- Add RSS feeds — If you don’t know the address of the RSS feed, you can enter the URL of the website and FeedReader will try to locate the RSS feed
- Click on Refresh
That’s it! Repeat these steps for all of the sites that you want to aggregate.
FeedReader couldn’t find the RSS feed for my favorite website, what should I do?
FeedReader does a pretty good job finding the RSS feeds, but some sites may not advertise it correctly. Go to the website and look for a RSS link on the page — it may also be labeled XML. It is also possible that the website is not publishing a RSS feed. In this case, the only thing you can do is Email the web-master for that site and request that a RSS feed be added.
iTunes PodCast Directory
In case you haven’t heard, iTunes can now handle podcasts. (if you don’t know what podcasting is, take a look at the wikipedia article about it.) You can even have your podcasts listed in the iTunes Podcasting Directory. However, Apple requires some new tags in the RSS2 feed for your podcasts to be listed properly. blog@USF now generates those tags, so if you want to advertise in the iTunes Directory, you should be all set. Please note, this adds your PodCast to the general iTunes Directory, not the “iTunesU” page for USF
Subscribe to Comments
If you look at the comments that have been posted on a blog@USF blog, you’ll notice that there is a new checkbox at the bottom of the comments form: Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. If you select this when you post a new comment, you’ll get an email whenever a new comment is posted to that blog entry.
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The upgrade to Blog@USF is complete! Here is a list of new features for blog@USF users:
- Upgraded WordPress to version 1.5.1.2
- Upgraded Gallery to version 1.5
- Structured Blogging templates
- Technorati Tags using Jerome’s Keywords
- Comment-Spam filtering using Spam Karma 2
- New default theme (based on Scattered) and 11 other new themes
- Gravatar support on comment pages
- Export blog postings to multiple formats — you can even export directly to blogger