Getting started with RSSOwl
Author: Benjamin Pasero, Berlin
Description: RSSOwl is a RSS & RDF newsreader written in Java using SWT as fast graphic library. Features: read RSS / RDF newsfeeds in a comfortable tabfolder, save newsfeeds in categorys, export to PDF / HTML / OPML, view news in internal browser. Languages: en, de, fr, es, gl, it, dk, nl.
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## How to identify and add feeds from Web pages

You've seen them before: "RSS" or "XML" icons and links on commercial and private sites all over the Web. Maybe their appearance seemed a bit cryptic before, but they won't now. The following steps illustrate a common means of acquiring offered feeds whenever you happen upon them.

1. Use your default browser to open http://news.yahoo.com/rss/
2. Scroll down the page to the list of available Yahoo! News RSS feeds, indicated by a series of icons.
3. Right-click on the "XML" icon for the "Highest Rated" news feed, then select "Copy shortcut" from the popup menu. Note: Though the "XML" icon is a common flag for a newsfeed, many sites use plain links with some indicator that the offering is an RSS feed. You can still copy the link the same way.
4. Switch back to RSSOwl. Right-click on the top-level Samples folder and choose New>Category. The Add A New Category dialog box appears. Give the category a Title (anything will do), then click OK to close the dialog. Your new category now appears at the same level as Samples.
5. Right-click your new category folder and choose New>Favorite. Paste the link from the Yahoo! page into the URL/Path field, give the new item a Title ("Highest Rated"), then click OK to close the dialog. Your new feed is in place.

More newsfeeds are available here:

- http://www.newsisfree.com
- http://www.weblogs.com/
- http://www.rss-verzeichnis.de/

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