Burnham-On-Sea.com has launched several RSS news feeds to enable Internet users to quickly see when we have updated the site with breaking news.
RSS – also known as ‘Really Simple Syndication’ – is a technology that’s sweeping the Web.
Burnham-On-Sea.com has launched a general news feed to provide you with the very latest local news, and a separate feed for Burnham-On-Sea.com’s discussion forums.
Once you have set up a connection to the feeds, which you can find at the bottom of this page – or by clicking the 
icon on any part of the site – you will receive a list of all the latest stories currently available on Burnham-On-Sea.com.
How can I receive RSS feeds?
There are several ways of receiving RSS feeds, and the technology is moving forwards and adapting very quickly. The main method is to download a program called an ‘RSS News Reader’. You can then set up this program to receive RSS information from whatever websites you wish that offer it, and browse headlines and story summaries that link through to the full story on the website. There are several News Reader programs available, many of which are free. See a list here.
Alternatively, many Web browsers (such as Internet Explorer 7) offer similar built-in functionality which detects whether the website you are visiting offers an RSS feed. The browser then lets you create a constantly-updated list of links in your ‘bookmarks’ menu.
The Firefox browser (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux) will let you do this, and will alert you to an RSS-enabled page by displaying an icon like this in the bottom-right corner of the window. Apple’s Safari browser (Mac OSX only) offers an even fuller service, and other browsers will probably follow. There are also some websites that let you customise a list of RSS feeds too.
What RSS feeds does Burnham-On-Sea.com offer?
We currently provide several RSS feeds:
Burnham-On-Sea.com Discussion Forums
