RSS Newsfeed and Notices of Website Updates

Instructions on adding a newsfeed to your News Reader or aggregator

In Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, right click or shift+F10 and select "copy shortcut" from this link. Launch your browser based news aggregator or news reader application and paste the newsfeed URL into an "add new feed" window.

For Netscape's and Firefox's browsers, right click or shift+F10 and select "Copy Link Location" from this link. Launch your browser based news aggregator or news reader application and paste the newsfeed URL into an "add new feed" window.

If you don't have the required news aggregator or news reader software you can use an Internet Web site such as Bloglines to collect your newsfeeds. Detailed instructions on how to add newsfeeds are included in the news reader application that you choose. When news items are published by CSIS through the Newsroom publishing and distribution system your news reader/aggregator will let you know through a small pop-up window or other alert device. If you close your news reader/aggregator, you will not be advised of updates until the next time you open it. Unlike e-mail subscriptions, you are not required to provide personal information or an e-mail address to benefit from receiving news from the CSIS Newsroom.

CSIS newsfeed (Includes news releases, notifications of Web site updates and opportunities for employment.)

What is RSS?

Rich Site Summary (RSS) or as some refer to it, Real Simple Syndication, is an XML-based format for content distribution in real time. CSIS Newsroom feeds will include the date, title, summary and a link to the full news article. If after reading a summary you want to view the full text, simply link to the full text document found on the Newsroom Web site.

News aggregators / News readers

There are numerous RSS news aggregators / news readers available for free download or for purchase on the Internet.

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• RSS Readers for Windows
• RSS Readers for MAC
• RSS Readers for Linux
• RSS Readers for Handhelds
• Browser Based RSS Newsreaders

More on RSS

For more details on RSS, try this useful RSS FAQ or the RSS specification. The specification focuses on the RSS 2.0 format that CSIS is currently using for the Newsroom.