Blogging for Genealogists

Reading and Writing

Subscribing to a blogHow to keep up to date on blogs

Janet Iles BA, PLCGS

Different ways to keep track

• Bookmark & keep checking

• Internet Explorer feeds

• With a Feed Reader– e.g. of setting up a reader

• From the blog

• Facebook – Networked Blogs

With Internet Explorer 7 Feed Reader

Click on the Orange RSS button

Click on Subscribe to this Feed

Click on Subscribe to Subscribe in your Internet Explorer Feed Reader

New article available when bold.

With a Feed Reader

First you set up one

Examples of Feed Readers

• Google Reader (Google account)

• My Yahoo (my.yahoo.com) (Yahoo account)

Register

• Bloglines (bloglines.com)

• Netvibes (netvibes.com)

Registering for a Feed Reader

• Follow Instructions– Usually need your email address– A password for that account

Click on the Down Arrow

Select Your Feed Reader

Select Feed and Click Subscribe

Click on the Bolded Title

Feed View

Reading Article

• In Feed Reader

• In Blog– Click Title of Blog– OR Click Title of Article

Don’t Forget to Comment

J a net Iles PLC G S

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