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For many web surfers RSS sounds like technical gibberish and we thought a simplified explanation was in order. If you are already famliar with RSS you can jump to the Reader download section by clicking HERE.
What is
RSS?
It's like having a subscription
newspaper delivered to your house. So, instead getting
the newspaper out of a street vending machine, a
newspaper boy delivers it to your doorstep.
In this case, the newspaper is our website news, the newspaper boy is a small program called an RSS reader and your front porch is actually your computer. That's basically it in a nutshell.
In other words, if you don't want to surf over to The Lighthouse Press site for news, we'll deliver it to you free of charge. And what's more, you'll have the ability to get the same kind of news from other web sites as well.
How
Much Does it Cost?
Zero. Zip. Nada. Nothing.
What
does RSS stand for?
RSS was originally offered by
Netscape in 1999 and then abandoned in 2001. The letters
"R-S-S" stood for "Rich Site
Summary." From what we've come to understand,
another company called UserLand Software then created an
RSS software program, the initials of which meant,
"Really Simple Syndication." In other corners
of the web "R-S-S" was also intended to stand
for, "RDF Site Summary."
But no matter what "R-S-S" stands for, or who "invented" it, RSS means immediate news access for you.
How
Does It Work?
Whenever we post a news item or
press release to the News Box on our Menu page, we also
post a headline and a news item description in an RSS
file that is on our web server. This file then sends out
the headline and news item description to computers that
have RSS readers and subscriptions to our news feed. When
you, the web site visitor, subscribe to the news feed,
you automatically receive the news headline and news item
description. Without actually visiting our site, you can
then review the page of our website on which the news
item is posted.
How
To Subscribe
If you already have a news reader,
then subscribe when you are anywhere on the Lighthouse
Press or Lighthouse Entertainment web site (just click
the RSS/XML icon and copy the URL that pops up). With
your Feed Reader open, you'll then click on the menu,
"File" option and choose, "Add Feed."
You then type in the following URL just as shown (copy
and paste it, if you like):
http://www.thelighthousepress.com/lighthousefeed.xml
If you don't have a news feed reader, we offer one for free below.
What's
the catch?
There isn't one. No Strings
attached. The Feed Reader installation file takes 1.46
megabytes of space (that's just over one floppy disk
worth of space) and installs within moments.
You pick the installation options you want and after installing go to, "File" on the menu and chose "Add Feed." Type in the URL of our RSS Feed File (http://www.thelighthousepress.com/lighthousefeed.xml) and you're set to go.
And
So Much More
The Feed Reader also comes with a
number of news feeds that will automatically download
from other sites. If you don't want them, simply delete
the subscriptions. You do that by clicking on the folders
in which the feed is located and right clicking on the
green Feed icon. Chose, "Delete Current Feed"
and it is gone.
On the other hand, you may want to add news feeds from other web sites. You can do that, too!
We hope you enjoy this web site service. And thank you for visiting The Lighthouse Press, Inc. on the web.
Download The RSS Reader
Select the link by right clicking
on it with your mouse and from the dropdown menu
choosing, "Save Target As," or in the case of
Netscape Navigator, "Save Link Target As."