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Using RSS 
RSS is a very powerful syndication language. It allows you to syndicate information into any RSS application to use however you see fit. Here is a simple how-to guide to help you make it a little easier. What is RSS? RSS (RDF Site Summary), an XML (Extensive Markup Language) based language that, when used with an aggregator, can group feeds from multiple sites into one place. In use with Blogpod, it allows you to syndicate other users blogs (as well as individual categories), your friends blogs, and Blogpod news. This way you don't have to visit Blogpod everytime you want to check this, and you can get them all in the same application. How do I use RSS? First you need an aggregator (RSS reader), you can find them all over the internet, as well as internet-based ones where you don't have to install software to use it. These make sense since you can read your feeds anywhere. Once you set up your aggregator, you subscribe to RSS feeds which are automatically fed in to your application. Where can I get an RSS application? Here is a list of Blogpod approved RSS aggregators. NetNewsWire (Mac) This is a very simple but very useful cocoa based aggregator for Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use. Website Download FeedDemon (PC) Advanced aggretator for Windows XP. Loaded with tons of features. Website Download Bloglines (Internet) "Bloglines is the most comprehensive, integrated service for searching, subscribing, publishing and sharing news feeds, blogs, and rich Web content. It's free and easy-to-use." Website Okay wait, how does this actually help me? Good question! Let's create a very popular scenario. You have friends at LiveJournal, Blogger, TypePad/Moveable Type, and there's those 2 blogs on the internet that you stumbled upon that are hilarious. Your daily routine includes checking each one of these sites multiple times daily to see who's posted what. Once you harnass the ultimate power of RSS, you can feed them all into one application, along with news sources that you read. Thus turning a lengthy process into something as easy as checking your inbox. Who else provides RSS feeds? Tons of news sources provide RSS feeds to their news. Here's a short list of some popular ones. BBC Wired Magazine Apple Computers Microsoft Yahoo! CNET And billions more. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
RSS is a very powerful syndication language. It allows you to syndicate information into any RSS application to use however you see fit. Here is a simple how-to guide to help you make it a little easier. What is RSS? RSS (RDF Site Summary), an XML (Extensive Markup Language) based language that, when used with an aggregator, can group feeds from multiple sites into one place. In use with Blogpod, it allows you to syndicate other users blogs (as well as individual categories), your friends blogs, and Blogpod news. This way you don't have to visit Blogpod everytime you want to check this, and you can get them all in the same application. How do I use RSS? First you need an aggregator (RSS reader), you can find them all over the internet, as well as internet-based ones where you don't have to install software to use it. These make sense since you can read your feeds anywhere. Once you set up your aggregator, you subscribe to RSS feeds which are automatically fed in to your application. Where can I get an RSS application? Here is a list of Blogpod approved RSS aggregators. NetNewsWire (Mac) This is a very simple but very useful cocoa based aggregator for Mac OS X. Simple and easy to use. Website Download FeedDemon (PC) Advanced aggretator for Windows XP. Loaded with tons of features. Website Download Bloglines (Internet) "Bloglines is the most comprehensive, integrated service for searching, subscribing, publishing and sharing news feeds, blogs, and rich Web content. It's free and easy-to-use." Website Okay wait, how does this actually help me? Good question! Let's create a very popular scenario. You have friends at LiveJournal, Blogger, TypePad/Moveable Type, and there's those 2 blogs on the internet that you stumbled upon that are hilarious. Your daily routine includes checking each one of these sites multiple times daily to see who's posted what. Once you harnass the ultimate power of RSS, you can feed them all into one application, along with news sources that you read. Thus turning a lengthy process into something as easy as checking your inbox. Who else provides RSS feeds? Tons of news sources provide RSS feeds to their news. Here's a short list of some popular ones. BBC Wired Magazine Apple Computers Microsoft Yahoo! CNET And billions more. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
Why do you want my GMT Offset?
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is a standardized method of determining time zones.Why does Blogpod want my GMT? Well it's quite simple. Your friend on the other side of the country posts a blog and you read it at 7:00PM, though they actually posted it at 3:00PM their time. To avoid mishaps in users thinking they posted it at 3 their time, Blogpod automatically calculates all times based on your GMT Offset so it's relative to your clock. Not sure what your GMT is? Find out here. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) is a standardized method of determining time zones.Why does Blogpod want my GMT? Well it's quite simple. Your friend on the other side of the country posts a blog and you read it at 7:00PM, though they actually posted it at 3:00PM their time. To avoid mishaps in users thinking they posted it at 3 their time, Blogpod automatically calculates all times based on your GMT Offset so it's relative to your clock. Not sure what your GMT is? Find out here. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
What is 'Isolation' in categories?
Category isolation is quite simple. If you have a certain category that you don't necessarily want to display by default, it will take them out of your main feed but still be accessible by the category itself. I.E. You have a category titled "News" and you paste interesting news articles that you find into your blog. Now while reading peoples blogs, they don't want to necessarily read that since it doesn't pertain to the user. Before they were forced to read that. Now, if they want to read it, they click your News category and read it there. Another way of using this is if you are customizing your own blog, and you want to have a side bar with a smaller feed in it - say links - you can show only your links in your sidebar with your isolated category, and keep them separate from your main blog. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
Category isolation is quite simple. If you have a certain category that you don't necessarily want to display by default, it will take them out of your main feed but still be accessible by the category itself. I.E. You have a category titled "News" and you paste interesting news articles that you find into your blog. Now while reading peoples blogs, they don't want to necessarily read that since it doesn't pertain to the user. Before they were forced to read that. Now, if they want to read it, they click your News category and read it there. Another way of using this is if you are customizing your own blog, and you want to have a side bar with a smaller feed in it - say links - you can show only your links in your sidebar with your isolated category, and keep them separate from your main blog. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
Subscribe to event calendar
For all of you who use iCal, Sunbird, Mozilla Calendar, and any other calendar software that supports subscribing to calendars via the ICS format, you can now get the Events Calendar fed in there. Simply go to the calendar like you were viewing it, and swap the "date.html" with "calendar.ics" E.G. http://www.Blogpod.com/User/Events/TX/Austin/calendar.ics Your application should take it from there. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10
For all of you who use iCal, Sunbird, Mozilla Calendar, and any other calendar software that supports subscribing to calendars via the ICS format, you can now get the Events Calendar fed in there. Simply go to the calendar like you were viewing it, and swap the "date.html" with "calendar.ics" E.G. http://www.Blogpod.com/User/Events/TX/Austin/calendar.ics Your application should take it from there. Help | Blogpod, 2006-12-11 04:17:10