RSS Feeds
What is RSS?
RSS Stands for 'Really Simple Syndication' and allows you to have specific content sent to you automatically when new content has been added to the website. You can get the latest news, planning applications and job vacancies from Southend Council as soon as they are published, without having to visit the website.
You will need to use a RSS reader to pick up the feeds and translate them into easy to view content summaries. The reader can check our website regularly for any updates and automatically collate headlines and story summaries right to your desktop.
How do I get a news reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and different readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to choose one that will work with your computer.
Wikipedia has a list of available news readers.
I've got a News Reader, how do I get the feed?
If you click on the RSS button of the feed you want, you can subscribe to it in various ways:
- Drag the URL of the feed into your news reader
- Cut and paste the same URL into a new feed in your news reader
- Some browsers, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and Safari, automatically check for feeds when you visit a website, and display a RSS icon in the browser toolbar when they find one. This can make subscribing to feeds much easier.
Choose one of our feeds:
To find out more about RSS feeds, visit:
- BBC - Simple explanation of RSS
- Wikipedia - Detailed explanation of RSS
Reviewed 19 May 2008
