What is RSS? What is a feed?

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an technology for content distribution. RSS allows site publishers to easily distribute their information to readers; likewise, it allows readers to pull content from any site that supports RSS, without having to visit the actual site.

MacZealots.com offers several RSS feeds with headlines, descriptions and links back to the article's page online.

Please click on the blue RSS button RSS Feed Button below to get the corresponding feed.

Feed Title: MacZealots.com - All Content RSS Feed
Feed URL: http://maczealots.com/syndication/index.xml
Web Site: http://maczealots.com/

Feed Title: MacZealots.com - Articles XML / RSS Feed
Feed URL: http://maczealots.com/syndication/articles/index.xml
Web Site: http://maczealots.com/articles/

Feed Title: MacZealots.com - Reviews XML / RSS Feed
Feed URL: http://maczealots.com/syndication/reviews/index.xml
Web Site: http://maczealots.com/reviews/

Feed Title: MacZealots.com - Tutorials XML / RSS Feed
Feed URL: http://maczealots.com/syndication/tutorials/index.xml
Web Site: http://maczealots.com/tutorials/

Feed Title: MacZealots.com - Podcasts XML / RSS Feed
Feed URL: http://maczealots.com/syndication/podcasts/index.xml
iTunes: Subscribe to MacZealots Podcast in iTunes
Web Site: http://maczealots.com/podcasts/

How do I subscribe to these feeds?

There are many, many newsreader applications which allow you to use RSS files. We recommend the following:

Mac OS XWindows XPWeb
NetNewsWire FeedDemon Safari RSS
NetNewsWireFeedDemonSafari RSS

Still confused?

Not sure what to do or why you'd want to use these feeds? We've written a tutorial covering the basic of RSS/XML feed syndication, and how to use a news aggregator (often called a feed reader) to subscribe to your favorite web site.

How do I learn more about RSS?

For more details on RSS, we suggest you start with the RSS 2.0 specification, or WebMonkey's tutorial on sharing your site with RSS.

If you're really gung-ho about RSS, we suggest reading the official spec, this great primer, or this exhaustive tutorial on creating, parsing, and publishing your RSS Feeds.

If you're wondering what the difference between between Atom Syndication and RSS is, WebMonkey has you covered with: Mighty Atom: Really Similar Syndication?. Mark Nottingham also help explain with his RSS Tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters.

MacZealots currently offers feeds available in the RSS 2.0 format.