The Power Tab .net News Feed
The Power Tab .net news feed is an RSS news feed service that allows users to keep informed of updates on the Power Tab .net web site without actually having to visit the site.
The URL
The URL for the Power Tab .net news feed is http://www.power-tab.net/rss/PTNet.xml.
Feed Content
The following is a list of update content you can expect to see in the Power Tab .net news feed:
- News Updates. Whenever a news article is posted to the main page on the site, a message will be posted to the news feed.
- New and Updated Knowledge Base Articles. Whenever a new article is added to the knowledge base, or an existing article is updated, a message will be posted to the news feed.
- Program Releases. Whenever a new program is released, a message will be posted to the news feed.
Connecting to the Power Tab .net News Feed
In order to connect to the Power Tab .net news feed, you need to use a special piece of software called an RSS aggregator. (aggregator = fancy word for reader) The purpose of an aggregator is to download and manage information from a news feed. An aggregator looks and functions very similar to an e-mail or news reader.
Update: It is now possible to connect to news feeds using online tools, such as www.start.com, and http://www.google.com/ig. Also, more and more Web browsers and e-mail clients are including RSS based subscription features as part of the software.
Downloading an RSS Aggregator
There are several RSS aggregators available on the web - which one is best is a matter left for the user to decide. In the example below, we'll be using a freeware aggregator called FeedReader. If you want to check out other aggregators, try the list at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/directory/5/aggregators.
Connecting to the Power Tab .net RSS News Feed using FeedReader
To connect to the Power Tab .net RSS news feed using the FeedReader aggregator, proceed as follows:
- Download and install the FeedReader RSS aggregator from http://www.feedreader.com.
- After the installation process is complete, load FeedReader. (Start, Programs, FeedReader, FeedReader)
- Click New.
- In the Please enter URL of feed text box, type http://www.power-tab.net/rss/PTNet.xml, and then click Next.
- Click Finish. You should see the Power Tab .net News feed item appear in the left pane of the aggregator.
- Click the Power Tab .net News feed item in the left pane of the aggregator. A list of news articles will appear in the top right pane.
- Click a news article in the top right pane of the aggregator. The message body for the news article will appear in the bottom right pane.
- Click the Read on link in the message body to proceed to the page related to the news article.
Once you have successfully setup a connection to the news feed, any new messages added to the feed will automatically appear in the aggregator.