How can my clients access my RSS news feed on their desktop?

Clients can access your feeds on their desktop easily through a number of programs, including;

Adding a feed to Google Desktop

  1. Go to http://desktop.google.com/and download the Google Desktop application
  2. Once you have downloaded and installed the application, set it to appear as a "Sidebar"
  3. Go to http://desktop.google.com/plugins/ and download a plugin called "OneFeed"
  4. Once this program is installed, click on the drop arrow on the right of the plugin and select "options"
  5. Paste thethe url of the feed you wish to display. You can get this feed by copying it form the URL field in your broswer that is displayed when you click on the that appears within the footer of your site. The other option is just to type http://yourdomain.com/rss.xml into the options field, where "yourdomain" is the domain you use for your site.
  6. The feed should instantly display in the bar on the left of your screen.
Last Modified: 04 April 2022
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