RSS @ UCLA Law

What is RSS?

RSS technology is used to create a "feed" (list) of headlines that you can have delivered to you. For example, when we publish new headlines on a site that supports RSS, those headlines can be added to a feed that you can subscribe to. (Note that not every headline that goes up on a Web site will automatically be sent to you. What you receive may vary depending on how we update the feed.)

RSS feeds enable you to get update notifications delivered directly to your desktop through the news aggregator software program of your choice. RSS offers a convenience because you can subscribe to feeds from several Internet sites and automatically pull together headlines from all the sources into one list. This lets you quickly browse the list of new content without visiting each site.

What do I need to use RSS?

In order to receive RSS feeds, you need an RSS reader. You then subscribe to the Web site from which you want to receive content, and the information will be delivered automatically to your RSS reader.

Here are the steps:

• Choose a reader to organize and read your content (or use your preferred reader).
• After installing your RSS reader, click the link of the RSS icon throughout our website to subscribe to that specific content.
• You can also incorporate RSS feeds into web logs/portals. Below we have links to most commonly used web portals, click on your preferred reader to directly add a feed to our content: