[Africa-ICT-Policy] [APCNews] APCNews - October 2004 - No. 46

Karen Higgs khiggs at apc.org
Mon Nov 1 21:37:36 SAST 2004 

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                     SPECIAL EDITION
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           *APCNews, the monthly newsletter of the
      Association for Progressive Communications (APC)*
                - October 2004 No. 46 -
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-- APC IS NOW OFFERING RSS FEEDS --
-- WHAT ARE RSS FEEDS? --
-- RSS FEEDS FROM APC, APC MEMBERS AND PARTNERS --
-- GETTING AN RSS READER --
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Using RSS technology, it’s now possible to get news headlines from APC
and APC member websites direct to your desktop.

News feeds available cover a rich variety of civil society concerns
–from the environment in Bulgaria, to human rights in Spain, to peace
campaigning in the USA, to monitoring aid agencies in Australia.

Find out more about the news feeds available at
http://www.apc.org/english/news/rss

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-- WHAT ARE RSS FEEDS? –-

What does RSS do?

It let’s you know when a website has been updated.

An RSS "feed" notifies you when the website you have subscribed to is
updated. So instead of having to actively go and visit the site to find
out if there are any updates, the RSS alerts you without you having to
do anything. You just subscribe and the latest news (or whatever the
most recent additions to the website are) come automatically into your
RSS reader.

More and more websites are offering RSS feeds. You can usually identify
the feeds by looking for a little orange box or link that says ‘RSS’,
‘XML’ or ‘Syndicate this site’ (eg see
http://www.apc.org/english/news/rss/apc.shtml). That is your link to the
RSS feed.


What do you need to begin to use RSS?

When you find an RSS feed for a site you like, you must subscribe to
the feed in order to get updates.  And you need to install some software
–called a ‘news aggregator’ or ‘RSS reader’- to be able to read the feeds.


How do you subscribe to an RSS feed?

You need an RSS reader and you also need the link to the RSS feed of the
site you like.

You can get the link by clicking on the ‘XML’ or ‘RSS’ button. Often you
will see a page that looks a complete mess - lot of programming code or
all the news items bunched together. Don’t worry! You just need to copy
the web site address that appears when you click that button. It will
often end .rdf or .xml (the APCNews feed has a different address -
http://www.apc.org/apps/aa/view.php3?vid=518).

When you add that address to your news reader you become a subscriber to
that particular RSS feed.


What does RSS stand for?

Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication.


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-- RSS FEEDS FROM APC, APC MEMBERS AND PARTNERS --

News feeds available from the APC site cover a rich variety of civil
society concerns –from the environment in Bulgaria, to human rights in
Spain, to peace campaigning in the USA, to monitoring aid agencies in
Australia.

Languages include English, Spanish, Catalan, Czech and Slovak. We’ve
grouped the feeds below by geographical region.

Download the news feeds from: http://www.apc.org/english/news/rss


FEEDS FROM APC: ICT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT

APCNews
News on strategic uses of the internet and ICTs, ICT policy, women and
ICTs, original news stories on social ICT use from around the world. APC
has been promoting the use of ICTs for social justice and sustainable
development since 1990.

APCNoticias
APCNews in Spanish.


ASIA-PACIFIC

c2o - AID/WATCH
News headlines of AID/WATCH cover topics related to Australian
overseas aid and trade policies and programmes (English).

c2o - Rengah Sarawak | Sarawak News
Civil society related news from Sarawak, one of the two East Malaysian
states in the northern part of the island of Borneo (English).


EUROPE

BlueLink News
BlueLink's news section contains comprehensive information about NGO
activities in the field of nature protection in Bulgaria. Headlines come
mainly from the environmental NGO community. The articles in the
sections also cover vast area of problems focused on environmental
issues. Additional information flow is ensured from state and academic
institutions, news channels, web sources, and various press releases.
The news are divided in separate sections like biodiversity, waters,
climate, pollution, energy, forests, protected areas, eco-education,
sustainable development, etc. (English).

ChangeNet.sk News
News headlines from ChangeNet.sk include daily news and opinion articles
on civil society related topics in Slovakia and neighbouring countries.
News covers wide range of topics: environment, non-profit sector,
fundraising, social area, human rights, culture, women and more. (Slovak).

Econnect News
News headlines include daily news on civil society related topics in the
Czech Republic and neighbouring countries. News covers a wide range of
topics, such as environment, human rights, social issues, gender issues,
regional development etc. (Czech).

GreenNet news headlines
International news headlines with a focus on British news from GreenNet:
includes brief news items and campaigns from contacts all over the web,
but with specific attention to items from GreenNet, the GreenNet
community and the APC. The focus is on internet rights, human rights,
gender and social justice and environmental issues. (English).

La revista @ Pangea
News channel of Pangea, Spanish APC member. La Revista (The Magazine)
publishes news covering mostly human rights-related issues from Spain
and Latin American countries (in Spanish and Catalan)


NORTH AMERICA

IGC Main Headlines
News headlines from the Institute for Global Communications (IGC), USA.
Some of the news is produced by IGC, however most is aggregated from
other sources. Content focuses on peace advocacy, human rights and
environmental protection. (English).

IGC - EcoNet News
News headlines from EcoNet, the environmentally-focused website of the
Institute for Global Communications (IGC), USA. News headlines point to
selected news on other environmental portals. (English).

IGC - PeaceNet Headlines
News headlines from PeaceNet, website of Institute for Global
Communications (IGC), USA. News headlines point to selected news on
other information portals focused on peace advocacy. (English).

IGC - WomensNet Headlines
News headlines from WomensNet, website of the Institute for Global
Communications (IGC), USA. News headlines point to selected news on
other information portals focused on women's issues (English).

Web Networks Alerts
News from members of the Web Networks community, Canada's online home
for member-based organisations (English).

Download the news feeds from: http://www.apc.org/english/news/rss


The APC RSS pages are possible thanks to collaboration by Ace Suares,
Mitra and a number of colleagues at APC and members.


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-- GETTING AN RSS READER --

SharpReader (Windows): http://www.sharpreader.net/
jEdit (GNU/Linux, Windows): http://www.jedit.org
Straw (GNU/Linux): http://www.nongnu.org/straw/
Ximian Evolution (GNU/Linux): http://www.ximian.com
NetNewsWire (Mac): http://ranchero.com/software/netnewswire

Don’t want to download software? Bloglines is an online news aggregator:
http://www.bloglines.com


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This was a special edition of APCNews. APCNews will be back in its usual
format at the end of November.

APCNews, in English, and APCNoticias, in Spanish, are distributed
monthly by APC – a worldwide network supporting the use of internet and
ICTs for social justice and sustainable development since 1990.
APCNews Archive: http://www.apc.org/english/news/apcnews/

CopyLeft. 2004 Association for Progressive Communications (APC).
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training and educational publications, and activities by peace,
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