Hertfordshire news from Herts24

Search for stories

What is a Web feed and how can I use one?

A web feed, or rss feed, is a great way for you to see when new articles are published on your favourite websites, such as The Comet, without actually having to visit the website.

By subscribing to a feed you will receive all the latest headlines as soon as they are published all in one place and in many cases, straight on your desktop.

You can subscribe to a web feed using a feed aggregator program, sometimes called a feed reader or a news reader program. Depending on which program you use, the method to set up the feed may vary but this is usually just a case of copying or dragging the feed link (or the orange feed icon) into the aggregator program.

Throughout The Comet, where ever you see an orange feed icon like this - - there is a feed for that section available. To subscibe to that feed just copy or drag the url/icon to your feed aggregator program. A full list of the feeds available on The Comet is also listed below.

Feed Aggregators

There are many different feed aggregators available and new ones are being released all the time. There are different versions for different operating systems, some you download and install locally on your computer, others are web based. A few examples are listed below...

• Feed Reader

• Mozilla Firefox

• FeedDemon

More examples of feed aggregators can be found on Wikipedia »

Available web feeds from The Comet

News Round-up - Top news from across Stevenage, Hitchin, Letchworth and the surrounding area
The Comet News Round-up: http://www.thecomet24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rsscomnews

Competitions - The latest competitions
Competitions: http://www.thecomet24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rsscomcomps

The Inside Track On Lewis Hamilton - F1 Racing News
F1 Racing News: http://www.thecomet24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rsscomf1

Stevenage Borough News
The Comet Boro News: http://www.thecomet24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rsscomboro

The Comet Sport Round-up
The Comet Sport Round-up: http://www.thecomet24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rsscomsport

News From Local Olympians
The Comet Olympics News: http://www.thecomet24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rsscomolympics

For feeds from the rest of the county click here »

Share this story

Add to your facebook profile »

Order photo reprints and gifts

Seen your photo in the paper or on this website? Now you can order your own copy via our new photo ordering site, myphotos24.

You can order your photo as a digital image, as a reprint or on a variety of novelty gifts such as mugs, t-shirts, mousemats and jigsaw puzzles.

To find your image in myphotos24 just take note of the reference number listed with your photo and type that into the search box.

Alternatively you can browse through all the photos from a specific week to find extra photos from a story or event.

Click here to visit myphotos24 now »

Interactive

Who is your favourite contestant so far? Who do you think will win? View profiles of the presenters and contestants and share your views on our message boards or vote in our interactive polls. All this and more in the sections below...

Strictly Come Dancing »

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! »

The X Factor »