How to Use RSS
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Get New Trail Alerts Delivered by email

Did you know that you can get important Trail Alerts delivered directly to your computer desktop via the internet or by email? We do this using RSS, which stands for “Really Simple Syndication” and it’s the new way for you to get only the news you want to read from the internet. We’ll provide some easy instructions for you on how you can get important trail alerts delivered to you!

How to ‘Subscribe’ to Trail Alerts

Choose your method of Delivery

You have two choices for delivery;

1) get the trail alerts emailed to you,

2) have it sent to a website you visit frequently such as Yahoo (MyYahoo) or Google (personalized) which are the most common.

1) For Email Delivery, follow these easy steps:

a)Go to Trail Alerts on the ECTA website. Llook for the following symbol on the left. . Mouse over the image, right-click, and choose "Copy Shortcut" to copy the link.

b) Go to the following website, www.rssfwd.com. Position your cursor in the text box, right-click you mouse and choose “paste,” or type in the following address: http://ectaonline.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2

c) Click Submit

d) Enter your email address in the text box.

e) Click Subscribe!

f) You will need to confirm your subscription by opening and clicking a link in an email that will be sent to you. You will then be subscribed to receive important trail alerts directly by email.

2) Send it to a website you visit frequently

This option requires that you subscribe to a ‘news aggregator’ website which will gather all of your news that you select for you. Two of the most common and easiest aggregators are Yahoo and Google. This option requires a few more steps, so please visit www.ectaonline.org/rss for more information.

MyYahoo

a) To use Yahoo, CLICK HERE and register for a FREE account by clicking the yellow "Try it Now" button in the upper right hand corner.

b) Once you have registered, login to your new account and click "Add Content" under the search bar.

c) To the right of the Find box, click "Add RSS by URL."

d) Go to Trail Alerts on the ECTA website. Llook for the following symbol on the left. . Mouse over the image, right-click, and choose "Copy Shortcut" to copy the link or type in the following address: http://ectaonline.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2

e) Paste the link into the box on the Yahoo page.

f) You will be taken to a preview page. To receive your alerts, click the yellow button that says "+ Add to My Yahoo!"

Google Personalized

a) To use Google, CLICK HERE and register for a FREE account by clicking "Make it your own" under the search bar.

b)Choose content you would like to appear on your page, and click

c) Click "Add Stuff" on the right hand side of the page.

d)At the top, to the right of the search box, click "Add by URL."

e) Go to Trail Alerts on the ECTA website. Llook for the following symbol on the left. . Mouse over the image, right-click, and choose "Copy Shortcut" to copy the link or type in the following address: http://ectaonline.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2

e) Paste the link into the box on the box and click "Add" to add the information to your Google Homepage.

f) You should see your new title bar. It may take a day or two to see new alerts.