RSS & New Feed Q

[jeremyblaney]

I am trying to set up some of the RSS feeds on this website AF.mil - RSS Feeds with my EVO, specifically the News widget. I am unable to find the feeds doing a search or by adding them via the URL. Anyone have any idea how to use this? Just trying to pimp out my 2.2 as much as possible. Thanks!

J

 

[azkevman]

When you are on the RSS page that you link to above, hover your mouse over the orange RSS icon next to the feed you want to link to, then notice the URL that the link points to (usually this displays in status bar in the bottom left of the browser). This is the URL you need to add in the News app.
For example I just added the Aircraft RSS feed by adding: "http://www.af.mil/rss/TopStoriesByCategory.asp?catId=1255" as the url in the app.
I also did a search in the news app for af.mil and it returned several feeds.

 

[Paladin]

I personally think the best way is to use Google reader. You can then subscribe to all your feeds and keep them in one place in the cloud so no matter what program you play with, they are available. I personally hate having to re-enter the URL's to test a new program. So I stick with programs that can read my Google reader feeds.

I am still trying to find the best Android Google reader program that is basically a front end. I don't want the program to have to download or pre cache anything, I just want a live connection. I don't like the web interface 100% but it is not that bad either.

I also like using Google reader's bookmarklet which allows me to easily add a web page's RSS feed to GR without searching for the icon. ii

 

[azkevman]

I am happy with NewsRob, it provides all of the functionality I need in conjunction with my Google Reader account.