What is RSS or XML?
RSS stands for "Rich Site Summary" or "Really
Simple Syndication" and is a type of XML document
used to share web content. We use
it to share our daily Scripture, prayer and news releases. It is our preferred method of distribution over e-mail.
Content providers can make some of their resources available to you by RSS syndication. These syndicated (RSS/XML) files can be typically used
on other web pages, personalized home pages of Google, Yahoo, and MyMSN, within e-mail
clients that read RSS (like Newsgator), and more.
Advantages
The distinct advantage of using RSS feeds is that it gives you the ability to choose exactly the content you want. The
proliferation of spam has caused e-mail
to be an increasingly unreliable and problematic form
of communication.
RSS/XML gives you control over the content you receive.
Using our RSS feeds (instead of e-mail to receive daily content) also reduces our operational costs for maintaining e-mail lists.
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How do I use this?
E-Mail Clients
Currently, following e-mail clients support RSS feeds - Microsoft Outlook 2007, Lotus Notes, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opera Mail, Gnus, TheBat! You can download free FeedReader (www.feedreader.com/download) if you don't have RSS compatible e-mail client.
Web Browsers
Many new versions of popular web browsers have an
RSS/XML reader built in. Look for the image
in the most recent release of Internet Explorer (7+),
Mozilla Firefox and others.
Our feeds are typically marked with the icon.
When you see this image, click on it to obtain the
RSS feed.
Google, MyYahoo, MyMSN and other services often provide
shortcuts that help you subscribe (on their personalized home pages). Look for these images
to help you subscribe:




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