RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds
Kettering University provides RSS feeds to syndicate online content to the online Kettering community. Using RSS software, such as news readers, news aggregators, tickers, online applications or other RSS reading software, anyone can subscribe to news feeds and receive automatic updates of current Kettering University news and events.
Frequently Asked Questions about RSS:
Kettering RSS feeds available:
What is RSS?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format to store data in a simple dataset. With the data being organized in a standard fashion, many other applications can read the data and display in a readable manner.
In simple terms, this allows you to receive information automatically from Kettering's news and event databases to web sites you use daily (i.e. iGoogle, My Yahoo!, etc). So you'll always be up to date on the latest news and you won't miss an event.
How do you use RSS feeds?
There are many ways to use RSS feeds. The popularity of RSS feeds is making it easier to syndicate Kettering University news and events to anyone using online web applications, mobile devices or desktop applications. Most RSS readers are free of charge or even already integrated with browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera.
List of some RSS readers:
- SharpReader (Windows)
- FeedReader (Windows)
- Mozilla Firefox - Live Bookmarks (Windows/Macintosh)
- Safari RSS (Macintosh)
- Bloglines (online)
- My Yahoo (online)
- Google Reader (online)
- Straw (Linux / Gnome desktop)
- rss2email (Windows / Unix)
- Search Google for RSS Readers
- Search Yahoo for RSS Readers
Kettering University does not suggest or recommend any particular RSS feed reader. Once you have decided what to use as an RSS reader, read the instructions on how to add a Kettering University RSS feed to it. Typically it only involves copy and pasting a URL, such as http://www.kettering.edu/visitors/rss.jsp into your RSS feed reader.
If you decide to use My Yahoo or Google for your RSS reader, below there are buttons to add our Kettering University news feed automatically to those online applications.
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Why use RSS feeds?
Once RSS feeds are set-up in a RSS reader, it is convienent for web users since feeds will automatically update when content is added to the Kettering University web site. So this will keep give web users another option on staying well informed with Kettering University news and events.
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