RSS & Atom Feeds
RSS (short for Really Simple Syndication) is a format that allows internet users to have any type of frequently updated content: travel features, vacation package deals, news alerts, audio, video and more, collected for them and delivered to one place for easy organization, viewing and storage.
Many sites (MyYahoo! is a popular one) use this technology to enable you to create a "homepage" filled only with selected types of information that are most useful to you. Atom (short for Atom Syndication Format) is another XML language used for web feeds that was more recently developed to improve RSS capabilities and add features such as foreign langauge character recognition. Both technologies are often referred to as RSS.
In order to use RSS or Atom from the Family Travel Forum sites, you will have to add the appropriate feed to your RSS / Atom Reader. If you don't already have one, a special RSS reader or aggregator is necessary to collect and interpret the data from different websites. Readers allow you to view the selected content (typically the headline and synopsis with a link to the full article, and metadata such as author's name and publication date) at one place. These programs will automatically update the content available from each selected service as soon as it is published.
There are several types of readers. Some readers are stand-alone applications that you download and install. Some others are extensions to existing programs such as web browsers. Web-based feed readers do not require software installation and make the feeds available to users who sign-up for this service, on any computer with Web access.
Get Family Travel Forum RSS or Atom Feeds
To use the Familytravelforum.com RSS service, you will need to sign-up with a RSS reader. To subscribe to us, right-click on your preferred FTF feed and select “Copy Shortcut” or “Copy Link Location” from the menu. Follow the instructions of your RSS / Atom Reader and paste this location of the service you wish subscribe to.
Family Travel Forum RSS Feed: http://www.familytravelforum.com/feed/index.1.rss
Family Travel Forum Atom Feed: http://www.familytravelforum.com/feed/index.1.atom
FTF Hot Vacation Deals: http://www.familytravelforum.com/feed/how/vacation_deals/index.1.rss
FTF Travel Features: http://www.familytravelforum.com/feed/index.1.rss
FTF's Bulletin Boards: http://www.familytravelforum.com/forums/external.php
FTF's travelBIGO: http://www.travelbigo.com/contents/feed/rss.xml
Recommended RSS or Atom Feed Readers
For a variety of free plug-in and HTML readers, visit NewsGator. This company provides a variety of free RSS and Atom Readers including NewsGator Online (for online storage of your feeds, easily accessed from any internet connection); NetNewsWire (computer storage of feeds for Mac users), FeedDemon (computer storage of feeds for Windows users), NewsGator Inbox (to manage your feeds through MS Outlook Email), readers for mobile browsers, and more. NewsGator aggregators detect both RSS and Atom feeds, and for your convenience, we have provided a one-click link to add any of the Family Travel Forum feeds to your Newsgator online account.
There are hundreds of RSS and Atom Readers available, both free and for a fee. Other recommended online services include:
