RSS and iCal Feeds

RSS and iCal Feeds

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What is RSS and iCal?

What is RSS?

RSS is a popular way to pull in news and information from across the Web. "Really Simply Syndication" allows web sites and blogs to push content to you easily.

RSS feeds can be easily added to a variety of sources, from a My Yahoo home page, to a desktop 'aggrigator' such as sage, or even downloaded much like email in applications such as Mozilla Thunderbird.

Anytime you see an RSS button like this: RSS clicking on it will load the feed. To add to your My Yahoo, or other RSS aggregator, copy and paste the link from this button into that application to have the latest news downloaded automatically.

For more information about RSS and it's uses in government, visit: http://www.rssgov.com.

RSS at Vermont.gov:

RSS feeds on Vermont.gov are marked by the RSS button. Clicking on either the title link, or this button will link you directly to the RSS feed.

In addition to the feeds marked by the RSS button, each bottom-level link category on Vermont.gov is available as an RSS feed by clicking on the button contained within the header bar of that category. Using this functionality allows you to create your own collection of links from Vermont.gov and utilize them wherever you may need quick links to Vermont State Government sites.

Recommened RSS Software:

More Information about RSS:

For more information about RSS, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format) External Link

For a complete list of Federal Government RSS feeds, visit: RSS Feeds from the U.S. Government, on USA.gov External Link

What is iCal?

ICS, or iCal (iCalendar) is an open-standard for sharing calendar and event-based information over the internet. Users can subscribe to an ICS feed in much the same way you subscribe to an RSS or XML feed.

Anytime you see an iCal button like this: iCal clicking on it will load the feed. To add to your Google Calendar, or other calendar aggregator, copy and paste the link from this button into that application to have the latest news downloaded automatically.

ICS (iCal) at Vermont.gov:

iCal feeds on Vermont.gov are marked by the iCal button. Clicking on either the title link, or this button will link you directly to the iCal feed.

Recommended ICS (iCal) Software:

More Information about iCal:

For more information about ICS (iCal), please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar External Link