What is RSS?
- RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. RSS is a text-based format, a type of XML. The most common use for RSS files is for news and other reverse-chronologically ordered websites like our statewide job listings. Instead of visiting Jobs.mt.gov to find the newest job postings, you simply subscribe to the RSS and let them come to you.
- You can access RSS content with newer versions of web browsers like Internet Explorer or Firefox, and on many handheld and mobile Internet devices. Set up this way, you can automatically see the newest content posted to the Statewide or Local Jobs RSS feed.
How to Subscribe to an RSS Feed
- Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 or newer: These versions of the popular web browsers have built-in RSS reader capability. If you have either one, just click the
("Subscribe To" link), then you can read the feed, and subscribe to it (in Internet Explorer you click a "Subscribe to this feed" link, in Firefox you hit a button to add it to your "Live Bookmarks"). - If your computer has an older web browser like Internet Explorer version 6.0, you can set up a RSS reader program on your computer.
- Non-browser RSS reader programs: Hundreds are available for all platforms and systems. After installing a reader program on your computer, you would do a "Subscribe" operation and give as the feed URL http://www.pafire.ca/Home/tabid/41/moduleid/456/RSS.aspx
How to View an RSS Feed
- Either hit <alt> + C or click on the star icon (View Favorites, Feeds and History). A window opens.
- Click on the "Feeds" tab, which displays a list of all the feeds to which you've subscribed.
You can also keep your list of feeds visible in the left column by doing the following:
- Click on the menu item "View."
- Hover over "Explorer Bars."
- Select "Favorites."
- Click on the "Feeds" tab, which displays a list of all the feeds to which you've subscribed.
When a new item is added to an RSS feed, the title will become bolded, indicating that there is new material to view.