RSS Quickstart Guide

Get a grip on RSS in three easy steps!

RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication. It is what it claims to be: a quick and easy way to create and use "syndicated content" such as news headlines and announcements. We will be using RSS to deliver daily inspirational meditations, article previews, news and info about new classes, downloads and articles. .

Step 1: Use a News Aggregator!

The easiest way to experience RSS is through an RSS "newsreader" or "aggregator" for your desktop computer. This will fetch and organize recent content and provide simple ways to read it. Below is a list of free and recommended RSS clients for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux platforms. Choose and install the one that sounds like the best fit for you, and proceed to the next step. (Companies like Yahoo and Google are also building RSS readers right into the their client software such as MyYahoo.)

•  SharpReader for Windows 98 or later. It's a clean and simple RSS reader for Windows. While it doesn't provide the myriad of features found in bigger, more expensive clients; it does the job and does it well.

Step 2: Grab the feed!

The URL for our feed is https://meditation.org.au/rss.xml - copy and paste this straight into your RSS reader. If you want just the daily meditation use https://meditation.org.au/dailymeditationrss.xml.  For iPods etc please try our meditation music feed at https://meditation.org.au/music.xml or learn to meditate classes at https://meditation.org.au/learntomeditate.xml or guided meditations (audio) https://meditation.org.au/justmeditations.xml or guided meditations (video) https://meditation.org.au/guidedmeditations.xml or check out our podcast directory. Of course there are many other feeds you might like to try. Our World Peace Society Calendar of Events feed is at https://worldpeace.org.au/worldpeacerss.xml We will be also offering more suggestions as we find feeds we think you will like. On most browsers you can right-click the link and select "copy shortcut" or "copy target address" or something similar. And again, some RSS readers will "auto discover" the RSS feeds on sites you browse, so no cutting and pasting is necessary! Please consult the documentation for your RSS reader for more information.

Step 3: View the content!

The feeds on this site contain a wealth of data and metadata that you're sure to find useful. All the RSS 1.0 feeds contain full article text as well as comments and related content on other sites. Individual RSS readers present this information differently and you can usually customize the intimate details as you please.

That's about it!

You don't have to come to our site to read articles that don't interest you, and you can preview all you favourite content from the same place! You can also add RSS feeds from your favourite blogs, sites, and stores just as easily as you added our feeds.

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