Written guidelines and an explanation of RSS feeds and readers are below the video.
If using a slower internet connection that causes the video to skip during its play, simply pause the video and let it load. (As it loads, a faint red line will precede the actual play position.) As you wait, open up a new tab, do other work, clean the kitchen or do as you wish, then return in a few minutes to play the video.
Tutorial RSS Feeds and Reader Tutorial
The video above explains what RSS Feeds are and how they interact with a Reader. You’ll see how a reader is set up, how to subscribe to content and learn how to customize it to your liking. If you go online regularly having a reader can greatly simplify your life.
What RSS Feeds Are
RSS feeds work together with readers. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary, but there are also atom feeds, or they can be designated by XML. While they have different names, feeds interact similarly with a reader. Feeds allow recent posts and content in a website to be pulled into and displayed in a reader.
Why You Might Want a Reader
Using RSS feeds together with a reader can save you valuable time and simplify your life. For example, let’s say that you go to the same websites every morning. Having a reader can save you time because instead of going to the different websites, whether you search for them, type the address in the address bar or bookmark them, if the 
particular website has an RSS Feed, commonly symbolized by these symbols, you can instead subscribe to new content and have the website’s recent content delivered to your reader. So, instead of going to 20 different websites, the recent information from 20 websites will feed into one page in your own customized reader.
Step 1 – Set up an account or log in to a reader
There are many different types of free readers. You may not even need to set up a new account. It’s easy to set up an account if you don’t have one. It’s simple as supplying some basic information: pick a user name and password, then log into your account and find some RSS feeds to subscribe to.
Here are links to different suppliers of readers.
Yahoo
Google
Pageflakes
Newsgator
Netvibes
Pluck – This reader is no longer free.
MSN
Step 2 – Find the Feed and Subscribe to It
When you’re surfing the web, when you see these icons, it lets you know that there is a feed available within the website. Sometimes the feed shows up in the address bar or near the top or bottom of the page.
Feeds can be represented in different ways, usually with a blue or orange square with a dot and a couple of lines radiating out of it, or by the letters RSS or XML.
News outlets typically have different feeds for different sections of the papers that they publish. This allows you to subscribe to the specific section that you want.
Sometimes feeds aren’t readily seen on the website. Feeds could be located on a different page, for example, a “Multimedia” page tab.
When you see a RSS feed symbol on a website, click it, and if you’re logged into your reader, the new feed will typically show up within a module, box, or section on the front page of your reader.
Once subscribed to a feed in your reader, you can read through the different headlines and titles. If you click on the title, the reader will typically show you more information and allow you to click through to the website.
If a feed icon is accidently clicked on, don’t worry, you can easily cancel or delete the feed.
Note: Not all websites have RSS feeds. Sometimes websites do not have a way for people to subscribe to new content. (Especially if a website is older, even if new posts are created, the website wasn’t designed with a feed. Some websites don’t create new content, thus do not have a feed.)
Step 3 – Customizing your Reader / Delete Feeds
Once you’ve subscribed to a feed, it’s very simple to customize a reader to your liking. When you first subscribe, even through you may have different pages, new feeds will load to the front page. The little modules or boxes that represent different website feeds are easy to move to place them where you want them within your reader. If you want to move one, place the mouse on the top of the module, click and hold down the button on the mouse, drag it where you want it, and let go of the mouse button to drop the feed module. This applies to anywhere on the same page, or to another page.
Changing the Appearance of a Page
If you want to change how a page appears, click on “Change Appearance”. You can change the look of a page by changing 
the theme, choosing different colors, change the layout or even make the font appear larger. When you’re finished, hit “I’m Done”, and the changes will be made.
Deleting Feeds
If you’d like to stop a subscription to a feed, simply click on “Options”, then “Remove” or “Delete”, depending on the reader.
Summary of RSS Feeds and a Reader
A reader is a program that can read RSS feeds. Feeds have information about new content for a specific website.
Feeds are typically designated by this symbol. When logged into your reader, subscribing to content is usually as easy as clicking on the feed icon.
Once subscribed, new posts will show up within a module on your reader. To configure a reader, click, drag and drop the feed module where you’d like it to show up.
A reader is essentially your own, custom news organizer that helps you stay up to date and in contact with the information and websites that you want to follow. When you find websites that you like, if the website has a feed, you can subscribe to it. Whether it’s from a major news source, a business, your friends’ blog, or any other website that has a feed, with a reader you can stay up to date. Even if you don’t look at your reader everyday, it still works behind the scenes to automatically pull in feeds. When you log in, you’ll get the latest news and information.
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