RSS on CQ.sk: you will never miss an article again!

Why and why RSS? And how to use it?

The value of information is often determined by its timeliness. Circulating a number of pages and monitoring whether something new has been added to them is demanding not only on time, but also on finances. Therefore CQ.sk ako prvá rádioamatérska stránka v našich končinách prináša RSS .

In short, RSS makes it possible to find out in time what article has been added to the page, and with suitable software, you can read it as in a browser.

FeedReader

How to do it? There are several programs for working with RSS. An example can be FeedReader, which at regular intervals finds out what has changed on the monitored pages. For example, when an article is added to CQ.sk, a window with the title of the article appears in the lower right corner of your computer screen.

You can even read it directly in the FeedRead window, because it also works as an Internet browser. At a glance, it's enough, but it's not luxury. It is better to open a classic Internet browser (IE, Netscape, Opera, Konqueror, etc.) and visit the site.

You can download FeedReader from the site http://www.feedreader.com (approx. 1.3MB). The installation was quick and trouble-free for me.

The program needs to define which pages it should monitor. For this you need to know the address of the XML file. You can get it directly from pages with a prominent RSS logo. In order to get it from us, you must be a registered visitor.

In Feed Read, click on the NEW button, which will open the New feed wizard window. It expects the mentioned address, which must be written or copied there. After pressing the Next button, the program verifies the address. If there is a real XML file on it, it will also offer you a predefined page name. If it suits you, just hit Finish.

Press F5 to load the data from the page. In the upper right corner of the window, you can see the headlines of the articles. If you want to read it in FeedRead, just double-click on it.

There's no need to configure FeedReader further, but it's good to know you have that option. All program settings are hidden under Properties, while the most interesting ones are in General, where you can set the program launch, its options, and what it will display and what it won't. There are two important settings in Appearance: how often FeedReader should check whether something has been added to the page and how information about a new article will be displayed.

But what can RSS not do? Above all, it should be said that it only collects data about a part of the page - the articles. However, a lot of information is displayed in other ways, for example in blocks or is only accessible through the menu.

European HAM Portal CQ.sk nie je samozrejme jedinou stránkou, ktorá využíva RSS . Ako príklad môže tiež poslúžiť www.11m.sk, ktorý je tematicky asi najpríbuznejší .