Blogging is becoming more fun and interesting. I have learned more about them through our collaborative project, and found this video that explained them clearly: http://www.commoncraft.com/ . I have found that Lee LeFevre’s Commoncraft videos are very helpful. The concepts are clear because the visuals are so simple in them.
But that’s not the topic of the day. The topic is RSS feeds, and what most folks need. I did make myself an RSS reader (Google Reader), as well as an igoogle homepage. Whenever I see the RSS symbol, I click it and get a screen that asks whether I’d like the site “fed” to my google reader or igoogle homepage. I choose my igoogle page, and it is immediately visible when I open my web browser. This is my personal portal, which is not the same as an RSS reader. As Yin explained (thanks again!), “It does not indicate how many new postings or articles have been written since the last time you visited the site. This is what a RSS news reader does, it is smaller in scale than a personal portal but it assembles a reading list and monitors how many postings you have yet to catch up with.”
The personal portal function is revolutionary for me. I got to my blog with one click instead of half a dozen. This is an example of how financial traders use the igoogle homepage for receiving RSS feeds, and is pretty much what I’m doing now (with other blogs, sites): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpsaSGZs1A
It does not keep tabs or tallies on what’s new, but it does feed continually, so that you see new content as it arrives. If you’re checking the site throughout the day, it works really well to help stay up to date. I tried to create a link between igoogle and google reader, but was told “information temporarily unavailable”- that message remained for many days, until I deleted the link. I found an explanation for that problem at Techlondon (and it has an RSS feed ): http://www.techlondon.co.uk/2007/10/manage-rss-feeds-using-igoogle-and.html .This site also explains some of the advantages of igoogle, so I’ll stick with it, for now. It’s great how much more energy I have to spend on-line now that I’m not searching for everything.
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An aside question: when I write this in msword, my links and graphics are present. When I cut and paste into this blog space they all disappear (I'm using Html format). What am I doing wrong?
Your links are present but not active, you can't click on them. To use you need to cut and paste them into the navigation bar. I'm not sure why you images are not showing up. I haven't tried to post pics yet. I'm sure there's a help section for blogger that would have the answer. Just a part of learning a new technology.
I think you have to remove any links/ images you've cut and paste from your Ms.Word, and put it manually in your blog space using the "add image" and "link" button. It surely works.
By the way, I have similar "RSS Journey" with you. Since I started using iGoogle, I'm easily tempted to the RSS button I see in most interesting websites I visited. :P
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