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 Herts24, 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 Herts24, 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 Herts24 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 Herts24
Herts News Round-up - Top news from across the county
Herts News Round-up: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24news
Competitions - The latest competitions
Competitions: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24comps
The Inside Track On Lewis Hamilton - F1 Racing News
F1 Racing News: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24f1
Herts Sport Round-up
Herts Sport Round-up: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24sport
Sport Specific Feeds from across the county:
Athletics: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24athletics
Angling: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24angling
Badminton: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24badminton
Basketball: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24basketball
Bowls: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24bowls
Boxing: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24boxing
BMX: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24bmx
Cricket: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24cricket
Cricket (Youth): http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24cricketyouth
Cycling: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24cycling
Darts: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24darts
Diving: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24diving
Football: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24football
Football (Ladies): http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24footballlady
Football (Youth): http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24footballyouth
Golf: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24golf
Gymnastics: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24gymnastics
Hockey: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24hockey
Ice Hockey: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24icehockey
Lacrosse: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24lacrosse
Martial Arts: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24martialarts
Motorsport: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24motorsport
Netball: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24netball
Real Tennis: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24realtennis
Rugby: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24rugby
Rugby League: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24rugbyleague
Rugby (Ladies): http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24rugbyladies
Rugby (Youth): http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24rugbyyouth
Sailing: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24sailing
Speedway: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24speedway
Swimming: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24swimming
Tennis: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24tennis
Trampolining: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24trampolining
Volley Ball: http://www.herts24.co.uk/rss/herts.aspx?id=rssh24volleyball
For feeds from individual paper titles, see below:
The Herts Advertiser - St Albans, Harpenden area »
The Welwyn & Hatfield Times - Welwyn, Hatfield, Potters Bar area »
The Comet - Stevenage, Letchworth, Baldock, Hitchin, Biggleswade area »
Royston Crow - Royston, Buntingford area »
East Herts Herald - Hertford, Cheshunt, Ware, Waltham Cross area »
Harlow Herald - Harlow, Bishop's Stortford area »