What is RSS?

RSS provides a convenient way for content publishers to make news, blogs and other content available to subscribers.  You can add your favorite “RSS Feeds as subscriptions in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Windows Internet Explorer, Firefox and most Web Browsers.   Instructions are included below for Outlook, Explorer and Firefox.

Add the feed once and it will pop up automatically every day. No email required, no safe senders, no missed emails, etc.

RSS Feed through the E-Mail /Microsoft Office Outlook 2007

1.        On the tools menu, click Account Settings

2.       On the RSS Feeds tab, click New

3.       In the New RSS Feed dialog box type: http://www.otchoice.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

4.       Click Add

5.       Click OK

 Windows Internet Explorer 7 & 8

 1.      Click to open Internet Explorer.

2.      Go to the website that has the feed you want to subscribe to:

               http://www.otchoice.blogspot.com

enter the above address into the URL: address line to visit the web-site

You will see the orange feed icon indicating Feed available for subscription.

3.      Click the Feeds button to open feeds on the webpage.

4.       Click Subscribe to this feed.

5.      Click on the Star icon on the left hand side of the Web page.

 How do I add a feed to the Internet Explorer 8 Favorites bar?

To add a feed to the Favorites bar, subscribe to the feed, and then select the Add to Favorites Bar check box in the Subscribe to this Feed dialog box. If you've already subscribed to the feed, you can click the Add to Favorites Bar button to add the feed to the Favorites bar. To learn more about the Favorites bar, see Customize your Favorites bar.

How do I add a feed to Firefox??

              Go to the website that has the feed you want to subscribe to:

               http://www.otchoice.blogspot.com

 enter the above address into the URL: address line to visit the web-site

Firefox: If an RSS feed is available, the RSS icon will appear in the address bar of the Safari browser as below.

RSS feed active and available

RSS feed not available

 Click on the RSS icon. Either a box will pop up with the option to subscribe to a feed, or your browser will open a page with the information the publisher has aggregated.

To subscribe, look for the "subscribe" link at the top of the page.

To read your feeds, click on Firefox's Bookmarks in the Top Line Menu. Click on "Bookmarks Toolbar to see feeds.

To see Feeds all the time on the Bookmarks toolbar, click on "View" on the Top Line Menu, then click on Toolbars and then check off Bookmarks Toolbar. Your feeds will then be visible at all times.