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Using Bloglines
What is Bloglines?
Bloglines is a free Web service that allows you to easily keep track of feeds RSS feeds.
Getting Started: Create an Account
The first thing you'll want to do with Bloglines is set up an account.
- Go to bloglines.com.
- Click the Register link in the upper-right hand corner.
- Fill in your email address and choose a password.
- Click Register.
- Check your email to finish the registration process.
Getting Started: Log In
- Go to bloglines.com.
- Click the Log In link in the upper-right hand corner.
- Enter your email address and password.
- Click Log In.
Finding an RSS Feed to add to Bloglines
First things first. Before you can add an RSS Feed to Bloglines, you'll need to find a feed. There are literally millions of Web sites with RSS feeds. A good first feed to add to your account would be Gregg Stull's. Here's how:
- In your browser, go to [bavawiki].
- At the bottom of the page, you will see a link to "Entries (RSS)." Control+click/right-click on this link and choose "Copy Link Location."
Now, you're ready to login to Bloglines and add the feed URL to your account.
Note: Different sites will have RSS feed links located in different places. Usually, the link is located at the bottom of the page. Often, the link is identified with a small orange graphic labeled "RSS" or "XML." You may have to hunt around to find these links.
Adding an RSS Feed to Bloglines
- Login to Bloglines.
- Click the My Feeds tab.
- Click the Add link.
- Paste the URL of an RSS feed into the Blog or Feed URL: field which will appear on the right-hand side of the page.
- Click Subscribe.
- A confirmation screen will appear, asking you to confirm the feed and choose the settings for the feed. The options allow you to:
- place the feed into an existing or new folder in your Bloglines account
- choose whether updated items in the feed appear as new (in bold text), making them easier to visually identify
- in what format you would like items to be displayed (complete entries, summaries, or just titles)
- whether or not you would like this feed to be monitored by Bloglines Notifier
- if you would like the feed to be displayed in a mobile-device friendly mode
- if you would like to make your subscription to this feed public to other users (so that they can see what you are subscribed to)
- record any notes about the feed for yourself.
When you're done choosing your options, click the Subscribe button.
Uploading an OPML File to Bloglines
OPML is a protocol that allows us to share a list of RSS feeds. You can download the OPML file and then upload it into your Bloglines account.
- Locate an OPML
- Click on the link for this item.
- On the item detail page, right-click on the file icon, and choose "Save Link As."
- Save the file somewhere on your computer.
- Login to Bloglines and go to your feeds.
- Click the Edit tab.
- At the bottom of the left-hand pane, click the "Import Subscriptions" link.
- Click the Browse button on the right-hand side of the page.
- Browse to the location of the file you downloaded and choose Open.
- Click Import.
- A list of the feeds you imported will appear.
