RSS
Feeds & Podcasting
Subscribe to the many RSS feeds we have available.
 UCG.org
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This RSS feed includes up-to-date information of new content
added to the ucg.org Web site and weekly audio podcasts (.mp3
format) of the Beyond Today programs, Good News online
radio programs and weekly sermons. |
World
News & Prophecy |
Darris McNeely, managing editor of World News & Prophecy,
publishes Longitude—a daily online blog and audio
podcast commentary—covering world events as they happen. Longitude can
be accessed from www.wnponline.org. |
This
is the Way |
Receive short, biblically based messages (via this RSS feed)
that will help you deal with events in your daily life, including
the search for meaning in life and subjects of current interest
and value. |
Beyond
Today Audio |
Beyond
Today Video - iPod video |
Good
News Online Radio |
How do I subscribe?
Click on one of the links above. Copy and past the URL (Web address)
into your news or podcast aggregator.
What is RSS?
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is used to provide items containing short descriptions
of web content together with a link to the full version of the content. This
information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, RSS stream, or RSS
channel. An orange rectangle with the letters XML or RSS is
often used as a link to a site's RSS feed.
RSS is widely used by the weblog community to share the latest entries'
headlines or their full text, and even attached multimedia files.
A program known as a feed reader or aggregator can check RSS-enabled webpages
on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that it finds. You
subscribe by copying the link from the XML or RSS button (example: www.domainname.org/update.xml)
and pasting it into your news reader. RSS saves
users from having to repeatedly visit favorite websites to check for new
content or be notified of updates via email. It is now very common to find
RSS feeds on most major web sites, as well as many smaller ones.
(Source: From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
News Reader/Aggregator Programs
NewzCrawler (PC)
AmphetaDesk (PC,
Mac, Linux)
NetNewsWire (Mac
OS X 10.1)
FeedReader (PC)
Userland Radio (PC
or Mac)
Headline
Viewer (PC)
Aggie News (PC)
NewsMac
3.1.3 (Mac OS X)
RSS Reader (PC)
RocketInfo (Web
based)
What is Podcasting?
Podcasting is a method of publishing audio broadcasts via the Internet, allowing
users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). It became popular
in late 2004, largely due to automatic downloading of audio onto portable
players or personal computers. Podcasting is distinct from other types of
online media delivery because of its subscription model, which uses a feed
(such as RSS or Atom) to deliver an enclosed file. Podcasting enables independent
producers to create self-published, syndicated "radio shows," and
gives broadcast radio programs a new distribution method. Listeners may subscribe
to feeds using "podcatching" software (a type of aggregator), which
periodically checks for and downloads new content automatically. Some podcatching
software is also able to synchronise (copy) podcasts to portable music players.
Any digital audio player or computer with audio-playing software can play
podcasts. By 2005 some aggregators could play video as well as audio. With
increasingly robust personal digital devices, such as Sony's PSP and Apple's
iPod, podcasting is likely to continue to evolve.
"Podcasting" is a portmanteau word that combines the words "broadcasting" and "iPod." The
term can be misleading since neither podcasting nor listening to podcasts
requires an iPod or any portable music player. A little-used alternate
is "blogcasting", although this usually only refers to recordings
that are based on, or similar in format to, blogs
(Source: From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Sample Podcatching Software
Apple iTunes
ipodder
PodFeeder
Primetime
Podcast Receiver
ipodderx
The United Church of God provides the links above for informational purposes.
We do not provide technical support for the products mentioned. |
