Fox River Grove

RSS

  1. What is RSS

  2. What Feeds are Available?

  3. What do I Need to Subscribe to Feeds?

  4. How do I subscribe to a Feed?

1. What is RSS?

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a collection of standardized data formats used to easily distribute frequently updated information. This syndication system allows users to subscribe to summarized information without browsing a full website.

2. What Feeds are Available?

The Village of Village of Fox River Grove website has many feeds available. Look for the feed icon to subscribe to the feed of information displayed in that area.

3. What Do I Need to Subscribe to Feeds?

In order to subscribe to an RSS feed, you will need an RSS reader. RSS readers are frequently built into web browsers. RSS feed readers are also available as desktop clients while others are accessed completely online. Searching the Internet will provide a great number of RSS readers but, for your convenience the lists below outline some popular options.

Web Browsers

Desktop Clients

Windows
Mac OS X

Online RSS Readers

 

4. How Do I Subscribe to a Feed

Most browsers and desktop feed readers will detect when you click on a feed link. If your client doesn't have this feature or if you are using a web-based feed reader service, you can click on the feed icon and copy the URL from the address bar of your web browser. You can then paste the URL into the appropriate location in your selected feed reader.