What is RSS?
Our event RSS feeds allow you to see what events are upcoming. You can get the latest events in one place, without having to visit our website.
How do I start using these feeds?
In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader. This is a piece of software that checks the feeds. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications.
Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer, in the same way that you either download your e-mail using Outlook, or keep it on a web-based service like Hotmail.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive. For example, if you would like to get a weekly overview of the music that's on during the weekend, you could visit the Music section of the site and select 'this weekend' from the time selection list.
Once you have the listing you want to get a feed for, you can use the orange RSS button to subscribe to the feed in various ways, including by dragging the URL of the feed into your news reader or by cutting and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader. Most sites that offer feeds use a similar orange button, but some may just have a normal web link.
Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for feeds for you when you visit a website, and display an icon when they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier. For more details on these, please check their websites.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
