How to Manage RSS Subscriptions on Live.com
Popularly referred to simply as Live.com, this MSN search engine also serves as a news aggregator that not only lets you add and read RSS feeds, but also read your email and even get weather reports on your Web browser. It is relatively easy to manage RSS subscriptions through Live.com, and you can do so by following a few simple steps.
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Instructions
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Adding and reading RSS subscriptions
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Log into your Windows Live account. NOTE: You will manage your RSS subscriptions from your personal Windows Live account (my.Live.com), rather than from the main Live.com site. (See Tips below).
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Click on the "Add Content" link in the upper left-hand corner of your personal home page, and then click on the “Advanced settings” tab.
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Use the "Search for Feeds" text box to search for the particular feed that you want to add. Click on “Add to Live.com” at the bottom of the result you are interested in adding.
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Alternatively, type in the Web address for the RSS feed that you want, and click on the "Subscribe" button.
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Once added, you will see a new tab on your browser, along with the tabs for other feeds to which you have subscribed. This tab will go by the name of “New Page.”
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Right click on the tab and then click on "Rename." Now type in a new name to rename the tab according to your wishes. Click on the tab of a particular feed to read the headlines from the latest stories available from the source.
Customize your settings to manage your RSS subscriptions
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Choose the number of headlines displayed for a specific feed. Click on “Customize” at the top of the page. Select “Options” from the drop-down menu. Enter the number of headlines you want displayed for a particular feed. Click OK.
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Select whether or not to display images from stories when you see the headlines. Click on “Customize” at the top of the page. Select “Options” from the drop-down menu. Check the relevant box to display or hide images. Click on “OK”.
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Use the “Share” button to share your RSS subscriptions. Simply click on this button, and then choose to either post your subscriptions in the Windows Live Gallery or send a link via emails that display your feed subscriptions and collection. You can choose to share a specific subscription by clicking “Share” when that particular tab is open.
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Rename any of your RSS feed tabs whenever you want by selecting “Rename” from the “Customize” drop-down menu.
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Tips & Warnings
NOTE: The URL for the RSS site is http://my.Live.com/ and not www.Live.com. This is because you manage your RSS subcriptions from your Windows Live account, (my.Live.com), rather than your Live.com account.
Live.com is not a full-fledged news aggregator and therefore does not contain as many customizable options as other aggregators such as Google Reader or Bloglines. It is primarily an MSN search engine. However, it is still useful if you do not have too many feeds of which to keep track.
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