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Showing posts with label feeds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feeds. Show all posts

Dec 20, 2009

How to understand the question, or misunderstood the importance of the words


Already several blog readers and mailing drew my attention to the comments and letters, the obvious problem of beginners: "What do you mean this or that term?". And they certainly are right. It is only with time, using the Internet, talking on the forums, almost automatic, but with time comes understanding of the many words that are specific just for the network, and often it is used. What should be done first, or during a meeting with a new niche in the Internet? 


Imagine the situation. You are reading an article explaining that, for example, "How to create a mailbox on Yandex". You read like a big deal. But suddenly you realize that the essence of the article from you slips and understanding of the issue, no!

As it turns out, blame - Misunderstood, somewhere in the beginning of the text word. Well have to go back to the beginning of the text and find it. For the article "How to create a mailbox for ..." these words may well be the word - "Account. If clarification of the term "Account", then, in fact - is the user account in the Internet service, his personal office in any online service. But lack of understanding of this term leads to misunderstanding of the whole procedure of its receipt.

I must admit that at one time this term, like many others are specific to the network, and aroused in me a complete misunderstanding of some aspects. To combat this problem was possible only one way - will explain and understand for themselves the meaning of the term, and only then, go further.

To help us come to search engines, dictionaries and encyclopedias. If you need a will explain the term, simply enter it in the line search engines Yandex and Google. If on the first page issued to browse sites you will not find a notation - it will be at least strange. In this case, add the word phrase: "The meaning of the word" or "what" - likely explanation exists. But as a rule, more recently, by entering onogo words in the search box in the first place you'll see a link to a page in the free online encyclopedia "Wikipedia" (http://wikipedia.org/) with the explanation of the word.

Wiki - a unique creation. In filling encyclopedia participate many thousands of ordinary users intrneta. You can also join the case. Encyclopedia exist in many languages and developed by enthusiasts in many countries (including the Russian, Ukrainian, English languages).

In general, what am I saying this? If you met in the pages of my blog or mailing misunderstood word, then use search and a wiki - it is a very good tools for clarification of terms.

In the case of Wikipedia is you can even just copy the address "http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/" (make the cursor and press the key combination Ctrl + C), insert it into the address bar of the program (place the cursor there and press Ctrl + V), which you surf the Internet, in the end you ascribe misunderstood word with a capital letter (so: "http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Слово"), and click "Enter". You'll be directed to the appropriate page, if the definition is, of course, is already in the encyclopedia.

For its part undertakes to collect a selection of the most popular Internet terms and lay them on the blog.

Dec 7, 2009

RSS-feed, what is and what good are they users


Let's talk about another useful tool for obtaining information on the network. Refers to the RSS-feed news sites and blogs, they are the same feeds. Physically - a product of the ad hoc scripts (programs on the sites) are giving out news articles and special information flow. It can export directly to your computer and view it without having to enter the site.


For the user viewing the site looks as follows. The site webmaster places a link to the RSS, often in the form of images, with images of her point, and two arcs that flow from it diagonally to the left bottom and top right. You can also see a button with the words «RSS» or «XML» and, simply, the link with words such as: «RSS-feed", "Subscribe to RSS», «News headlines" and the like.


You are reading an interesting site, and wishing to continue to monitor the publications on it, have the opportunity with one click to connect to the site updates. This may be two possibilities. The first - is to use the capabilities of your browser, then there are programs for browsing the Internet. Second - the use of special programs, aggregators, RSS readers streams, namely the RCC readers.


In the first case you are using the link or button and, using built-in browser capabilities, he will treat the code tape and asked to confirm the subscription. Reaps on "Subscribe". In the case of the browser "Opera", in the top menu tab will appear on "RSS", where you can view the exported news and articles, even without an Internet connection. Later, during the sessions connecting to the network, the browser itself will communicate with a website that broadcast the tape, and will add the news. On adding Article browser will inform you via a pop-up window. Unsubscribe from receiving tape as easy: click "RSS" - "Management ribbons news" - note extra stream - zhmete "Delete" - more and more messages will be downloaded. All described important for program-browser «Opera», which I use for Internet browsing, and advise you. However, for other modern browsers, this process also works in a similar manner.


In the second case, you use additional software. One of the most popular aggregators, export news, there is a program «Feedreader 3". After installing the program to add the news feeds you will need to copy the link address to the tape and opening the program, press F3, and, further, click "OK". Ribbon added, and it can be read in the tab "All news", look for the name of the tape.


Note: In order to copy the link address, it is necessary to put the cursor, press the right mouse button and left-click "Copy link address" ( "Copy Link Location", "Copy Shortcut" - depends on the program viewer).


The second program, which I can recommend - this is "Mozilla Thunderbird". In fact - this is a mail client with the ability to export RSS. It must create an account type "Blogs and news feeds, which also need to set up an account to add a link to the tape. And, similar to viewing emails, you can view and interesting news from the resources on the Internet and in the same program to configure receive emails from your mail service.


Well all, the theory of matter such as is described. We turn to practical use. To start, connect, how some of the above methods, to the flow of my blog: "Sign on news blog on the RSS". Now you can get all articles with commentaries thereto, without going to my site, although I am glad I will see you there :-). I stress that it is all, not just those that I publish a newsletter. Here one moment: at the moment blog articles in the band Lying in full, that I personally, as an active reader of foreign films, more like.


In the network, very often you see a tape with previews of articles, tapes with comments to posts on blogs or tapes only headlines. In any case - to monitor the contents of an interesting site is convenient, and often saves the traffic. Of course not all good sites, unfortunately, have their own newsletter. But all author blogs have a functional, by default, use.