RSS Feeds
Get the latest Unitec Student Association News on your Desktop with USU RSS Feeds.
Along with our new website, we’re proud to launch our brand new RSS information service. Whether you are a student, lecturer or a journalist, use the RSS technology to connect to the USU news, directly from your desktop.
What is RSS?
“RSS” stands for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, and/or Rockdale, Sandow, and Southern (Railroad) (if you trust the good folks at AcronymFinder.com). Really Simple Syndication is probably the most widely agreed-upon choice. As far as we are concerned, all three acronyms do an inadequate job of describing what RSS actually is: RSS is a standard for publishing regular updates to web-based content. Using this standard, Web publishers provide updates, such as the latest news headlines or weblog postings. Meanwhile, consumers use RSS reader applications (or one of a growing number of online services) to collect and monitor their favorite feeds in one place (RSS content from a publisher, viewed in one of these readers, is often called a “feed”). You’ll always have the latest information as your RSS reader automatically retrieves the RSS feeds which are updated automatically.
You can utilize as many feeds from as many websites as you like from most RSS newsreader. RSS has became a standard format across the internet and is popular with many sports and news sites including fiba.com.
- Benefit to you: RSS makes reviewing a large number of sites in a very short time possible.
- Benefit to us: RSS permits instant distribution of content updates to you.
How do I use the USU RSS feeds?
If you want to collect and browse feeds you have many choices, but there are two primary categories of feed reading applications: installable desktop programs and online services. RSS/News Aggregators (also called Readers) will download and display RSS feeds for you. Free readers are available, a search for “RSS Reader” at popular search sites will yield many results.
If you would prefer to use an online service to track and manage your feeds, you have the advantage of being able to access your feed updates anywhere you use a web browser (and in some cases, on mobile devices). Also, any upgrades or new features are added automatically. The trade-off comes in different (some would say fewer) features and slightly slower performance versus desktop systems. NewsGator, Bloglines, and new RSS content capabilities in My Yahoo! are probably the three best-known examples of web-based feed reading services.
RSS Terms of Use
These RSS Terms of Use and the USU Privacy Policy and our general Terms of Use govern your use of RSS. Any uses of RSS not granted herein are strictly prohibited. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, the incorporation of advertising or the placement of advertising associated with or targeted at the content of the RSS. You may not edit or modify the RSS feeds in any manner whatsoever. RSS feeds may be used only with platforms with a functional link which takes the viewer directly to the full article on the Site. You may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or any other content between the RSS link and the applicable article on the Site. USU retains all ownership and other rights in the RSS content and in any and all USU logos and trademarks used in connection with RSS feeds. If you provide attribution using a graphic, you must use the appropriate USU logo incorporated into the RSS content or feed. USU reserves the right to cease offering any or all of the RSS feeds at any time or to require you to cease distributing any or all of the feeds at any time for any reason. USU assumes no liability for your activities in connection with the RSS feeds or for your use of the feeds in connection with your website.