News feeds allow you to see when websites have added new content. You can get
the latest headlines and video in one place, as soon as it's published, without
having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.
Feeds are generally known as RSS ('Really Simple Syndication') which are just
web pages, designed to be read by computers rather than people.
IIS provides feeds for both the desktop website as well as for our mobile
site and the most popular feeds are listed here.
You can also access RSS feeds directly from pages on the site - the orange RSS
icon will appear when a feed is available.
You will need one of the following to read RSS feeds:
Modern web browser
Most modern browsers, including Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, Safari and
Chrome automatically check for feeds when you visit a website, and display the
orange RSS icon when they find one. Many of them allow you to add RSS feeds as a
browser favourite or bookmark folder, automatically updating them with the
latest content.
Web-based news reader
Web-based news readers check feeds and displays any new articles that have been
added. They let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer,
making this option useful if you want to access the feeds from multiple
computers or devices.
Desktop news reader
Some email software allows you to read RSS feeds. In addition, there is
dedicated news reader software available that you can download and install on
your computer.
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are
appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to
choose one that will work with your computer.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content
you want it to receive.
If you click on the RSS button you can subscribe to the feed in various ways,
including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting
and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Most sites that
offer feeds use a similar orange button, but some may just have a normal web
link.
If you run your own website, you can display the latest headlines from other
websites on your own site using RSS.
We encourage the use of IIS News feeds as part of a website, however, we do
require that the proper format and attribution is used when IIS News content
appears.