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How do I subscribe to a RSS feed in Internet Explorer 7?

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1. The site you're visiting must offer RSS feeds.  Internet Explorer 7 will notify you of a site that offers RSS by illuminating (grey to red or orange) the RSS feed button on your toolbar.

This is a screen shot of the grey RSS Feed in IE7 This is a screen shot of the red/orange RSS Feed in IE7

2. Click the red/orange "Feeds" button to see a list of articles that are offered via RSS and subscribe to them by clicking "Subscribe to this feed" in the upper part of the screen.

This is a screen shot of the RSS Feed listed for a website in IE7

3. You can see all the updated content on this site by looking in the Feeds section of your Favorites Center (click the Favorites star first) each time you open Internet Explorer 7.

 

To view available feeds

1. On the Internet Explorer toolbar, click the Feeds button.

This is a screen shot of the red/orange RSS Feed in IE7

2. If multiple feeds are available, you'll see a list of available feeds. Select the feed you want to view.

This is a screen shot of the RSS Feed available from a website in IE7

3. When you click the feed, you'll see a page displaying a list of items (topics and articles) you can read and subscribe to.

 

To subscribe to a feed

  1. Go to the webpage that has the feed to which you want to subscribe.

  2. Click the Feeds button to discover feeds on the webpage.

  3. Click a feed (if more than one is available). If only one feed is available, you will go directly to that page.

  4. Click the Subscribe to this Feed button/link, and then click Subscribe to this Feed.

  5. Type a name for the feed and select the folder to create the feed in.

  6. Click Subscribe.

To view your subscribed feeds, click the Favorites Center button, and then click Feeds.

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