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F.A.Q: Using RSS at LionWAP Lions can use RSS at LionWAP be be more informed. 1. What is RSS? 2. Why should clubs use RSS? 3. What programs should members use? 4. What does the LionWAP Webmaster do? 5. How do I login to manage my RSS Messages? 6. How do I add a new RSS Feed message? 7. What about adding website RSS Feed updates? 8. How do I delete or change an RSS Feed message? 9. What are the Illegal characters in RSS? 10. How do I log out of the RSS Feed management webpage? 11. Can I use the RSS feed, when I don’t have LionWAP? 12. What other Lions related RSS feeds can members subscribe to? 1. What is RSS? - Top The initials RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. When you visit a website, RSS is shown by the display of a familiar orange logo with the letters RSS. If you have special RSS Reader software on your computer, you can subscribe to the RSS feed for that website (and others). For the subscriber, the RSS feed will provide alerts and messages of updates and new information. - Updated: April 17, 2007 2. Why should clubs use RSS? - Top This is much simpler than having to managing e-mail lists and sending out reminders and news stories all the time. When all of a club’s members subscribe to the RSS feed at LionWAP, they can become informed, just by turning on their computer, and opening the RSS feed program. Club members should subscribe to http://rss.lionwap.org/username (where username is the Username for that club's webpage). For instance, members of the Pin Trading Club of Connecticut (P.T.C.CT) should subscribe to http://rss.lionwap.org/ctpintrading - Updated: April 20, 2007 3. What programs should members use? - Top Everyone has different preferences. There are countless programs to display RSS feeds. The new Windows Vista includes RSS with Internet Explorer. Some like a desktop tool. Others like a special toolbar. Others just want a simple list. Use Google to find RSS readers for your computer: For Windows: For Mac OS: For Pocket Computers: For Java: For Linux: For Web Based - Updated: April 17, 2007 4. What does the LionWAP Webmaster do? - Top Add new information to the RSS feed frequently. Include a summary of a major website change. Include Upcoming meetings and activities. Add News story brief about anything that is happening NOW. Add announcements to the feed through rssfeed.lionwap.org. Just login with your club’s username and password, and type. Add a headline and summary of your Lions Club webpage update in the RSS fields that appears on your website’s edit page. This short summary will be added to your club’s RSS feed to describe the change. So let’s say that you uploaded some new photos…. Just type “Photos of the June 14th Pancake Breakfast added to website” in the RSS heading field and “Photos include President Jim and local politicians that came to support our club’s efforts” Lions will then be informed of that change, and go LOOK. - Updated: April 17, 2007 5. How do I login to manage my RSS Messages? - Top It is easy to add a new RSS message to your LionWAP RSS Feed. Once you have a webpage at LionWAP and it has been approved, simply go to the RSS page to manage your RSS Feeds. Go to rssfeed.lionwap.org Use your USERNAME and PASSWORD. Remember that your Username is also your web page address and RSS Feed address. - Updated: April 17, 2007 6. How do I add a new RSS Feed message? - Top Once logged in, you can click on "List RSS". You will see where it says "Add RSS" near the top of the page. Four fields appear as follows: RSS Head - Type a simple headline to appear on your RSS Feed. Type something like a newspaper headline like "Watertown Lions Next Meeting, April 24th" RSS Body - Type the brief message of your story. Of course, a more detailed story might appear on your website. RSS Category - Again, this may contain text that describes the category of news for your story. Author - Your name - Updated: April 17, 2007 7. What about adding website RSS Feed updates? - Top When you update your webpage, the RSS feed using the title that you specified in the RSS title field and the information that you provided in the “RSS Summary” field will be added to your club’s RSS Feed. - Updated: April 17, 2007 8. How do I delete or change an RSS Feed message? - Top Once logged in, you can click on "List RSS". You will see a "Delete RSS" and "Edit RSS" buttons next to each message. Just CLICK. - Updated: April 17, 2007 9. What are the Illegal characters in RSS? - Top Do not use these characters directly in your RSS feed: & - ampersand use & instead ‘- apostrophe - use ' instead < - less than - use < instead > - greater than - use > instead “ - quotation mark - use " instead - Updated: April 17, 2007 10. How do I log out of the RSS Feed management webpage? - Top First click on LOG OUT. This should display "Log out Successfully". Hit the Refresh button on your browser to clear the cookies that remember that you logged in. This make logging into other LionWAP services easier. - Updated: April 17, 2007 11. Can I use the RSS feed, when I don’t have LionWAP? - Top Yes, if you do not have a LionWAP website, but use a traditional website, just MAKE ONE. Set the LionWAP website to Forward to your own website, then use the RSS feature to describe the updates. You can also use the Photo section, Group e-mail and other features of LionWAP. We don’t mind if you use just a small part of the many free services that we provide. Don’t forget to get your traditional website liked at LionNet. Let’s all get connected. - Updated: April 17, 2007 12. What other Lions related RSS feeds can members subscribe to? - Top LNN - Lions Quarterly Video Magazine – each quarterly video is announced through RSS. Subscribe to www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/lnn/lionsclubs.rss LionWAP – While your members should all subscribe to your club’s LionWAP RSS feed, they might want to see what is going on around the world to get new ideas. Subscribe to rss.lionwap.org - Updated: April 17, 2007 [e-Mail the FAQs] - [Search our FAQs] - [Ask a Question.]