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Winter Press Room: Get all the latest and greatest winter news from Bonnie MacPherson, Director of Public Relations. |
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Summer Press Room: Get all the latest news summer news from Bonnie MacPherson, Director of Public Relations. |
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Okemo Snow Conditions |
Other feeds of interest:
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U.S. Ski Team Alpine News |
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U.S. Ski Team General News |
We hope to expand our RSS feeds this coming season to include our daily snow reports and potentially more. Stay tuned, and please let us know what you think or what else you'd be interested in receiving via RSS.
What is RSS?
Think about all the information you access on the web each and everyday. What if you could get it all in just one place? That's what an RSS feed can do. In essence, you can subscribe to any website that provides an RSS feed, and get updated content delivered directly to you. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication - because it creates a really simple way to get "syndicated" information from a source.
How does it work?
An RSS feed is a webpage formatted in xml (extensible markup language) that contains a list of information. It contains no images or fancy formatting. This source is then fed to an RSS reader (or aggregator), that presents the information to you in a list format.
Add an RSS feed
While each aggregator will be a little different - it is very
easy to add content. Locate the
button of the feed you'd like to add. Usually, this button points
directly to the feed's RSS file (xml formatted page). Right-click
on the orange XML button to "Copy Shortcut." Or click on the "XML"
button and use "Ctrl-C" on your keyboard to copy the URL found in
the address bar of your browser. Return to your aggregator and find
the option to "Add Content" - then paste in the URL you've just
copied and click "Add". You might be prompted to set some options,
or you might not. Regardless, if the address is a valid RSS URL,
you've just added a new feed to your page! It's that simple.
Some of the most common aggregators include MyYahoo, Bloglines, Newsgator, and Google. But there are many, many more. A quick web search will provide many options.