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RSS - The Oprah Definition
There can never be too many ways to explain something, right? Stephanie, over at Back In Skinny Jeans, has written a wildly popular HowTo called How to Explain CSS the Oprah Way.
The technical acronym for RSS is “Really Simple Syndication”, an XML format that was created to syndicate news, and be a means to share content on the web. Now, to geeks and techies that means something special, but to everyday folks like you and me, what comes to mind is, “Uh, I don’t get it?”
So, to make RSS much easier to understand, in Oprah speak, RSS stands for: I’m “Ready for Some Stories”. It is a way online for you to get a quick list of the latest story headlines from all your favorite websites and blogs all in one place. How cool is that?
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RSS In Plain English
If you look over in the left column, towards the top, you’ll find the Subscriptions section. There you can request that the site notify you whenever we post new content. One of the technologies for doing this is called RSS (for Really Simple Syndication). When you think of syndication, it’s very likely that fond memories of Luverne and Shirley come to mind. Well, maybe not. On the Internet, it’s means something a little different. Here at Internet Newcomer, every post and all the comments are made available for other sites and applications to use. This content is distributed through a feed.
RSS is an incredibly useful technology that’s often not very well understood. Commoncraft has produced this video that does a great low-tech job of covering the basics in 3 1/2 minutes.
When you’re done watching, subscribe to our feed!
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