So where is the poll? I have looked and can't locate it. Unless you are not really meaning a poll (see a sample poll on www.tracheotomy.info this is a php poll on the main page). Polls are generally set for anonymous responses. Are you instead meaning you made a post in the forums area? Seeking discussion? I will say no I would not use RSS feed. >From what I know about RSS (Really Simple Syndication) it is a simple XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. Using RSS, a webmaster can put their content into a standardised format, which can be viewed and organised through a RSS-aware software. A program known as a feed reader or aggregator can check a list of feeds on behalf of a user and display any updated articles that it finds. It is common to find web feeds on major websites and many smaller ones. Some websites let people choose between RSS or Atom formatted web feeds; others offer only RSS or only Atom. RSS-aware programs are available for various operating systems. Client-side readers and aggregators are typically constructed as standalone programs or extensions to existing programs such as web browsers. Many browsers have integrated support for RSS feeds. Web-based feed readers and news aggregators such as YourLiveWire require no software installation and make the user's "feeds" available on any computer with Web access. Some aggregators combine existing web feeds into new feeds, e.g., taking all football related items from several sports feeds and providing a new football feed. There are also search engines for content published via web feeds like Feedster or Blogdigger. On Web pages, web feeds (RSS or Atom) are typically linked with the word "Subscribe", an orange rectangle, or with the letters XML or RSS. Many news aggregators such as My Yahoo! publish subscription buttons for use on Web pages to simplify the process of adding news feeds. Jill > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:05:54 -0500 > From: Adrian Williams <stickamw@earthlink.net> > Subject: [WILLIAMS-DNA] Williams Website - RSS Feed? > To: WILLIAMS-DNA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <45135312.40606@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Y'all, > > Here is an interesting question...if I made an RSS feed to provide > up to date information about the constant changes to the website, would > you use it? It is a pretty neat technology that basically allows me to > write a "new story" of sorts that would get sent to anyone subscribing > to the feed. In a way, it is kind of like the mailing list only I could > actually do real-time postings for whatever event happens with the site, > whether it's a new record upload to the repository or a DNA results came > in today. > > I have setup a poll on the forums to get an idea of how many folks > would be interested in this....if enough say "yeah!" then I will get it > on my to-do list. > > Kind regards, > Adrian > > Adrian Williams > Williams DNA Project Administrator > http://williams.genealogy.fm/ > stickamw@earthlink.net

Jill, Here is the link to the poll on the forum: http://forums.genealogy.fm/forums/index.php?topic=151.new#new Adrian jms wrote: > So where is the poll? I have looked and can't locate it. Unless you are > not really meaning a poll (see a sample poll on www.tracheotomy.info this is > a php poll on the main page). Polls are generally set for anonymous > responses. > > Are you instead meaning you made a post in the forums area? Seeking > discussion? > > I will say no I would not use RSS feed. > > >From what I know about RSS (Really Simple Syndication) it is a simple > XML-based system that allows users to subscribe to their favorite websites. > Using RSS, a webmaster can put their content into a standardised format, > which can be viewed and organised through a RSS-aware software. > A program known as a feed reader or aggregator can check a list of feeds on > behalf of a user and display any updated articles that it finds. It is > common to find web feeds on major websites and many smaller ones. Some > websites let people choose between RSS or Atom formatted web feeds; others > offer only RSS or only Atom. > > RSS-aware programs are available for various operating systems. Client-side > readers and aggregators are typically constructed as standalone programs or > extensions to existing programs such as web browsers. Many browsers have > integrated support for RSS feeds. > > Web-based feed readers and news aggregators such as YourLiveWire require no > software installation and make the user's "feeds" available on any computer > with Web access. Some aggregators combine existing web feeds into new feeds, > e.g., taking all football related items from several sports feeds and > providing a new football feed. There are also search engines for content > published via web feeds like Feedster or Blogdigger. > > On Web pages, web feeds (RSS or Atom) are typically linked with the word > "Subscribe", an orange rectangle, or with the letters XML or RSS. Many news > aggregators such as My Yahoo! publish subscription buttons for use on Web > pages to simplify the process of adding news feeds. > > Jill > > > >> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:05:54 -0500 >> From: Adrian Williams <stickamw@earthlink.net> >> Subject: [WILLIAMS-DNA] Williams Website - RSS Feed? >> To: WILLIAMS-DNA-L@rootsweb.com >> Message-ID: <45135312.40606@earthlink.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Y'all, >> >> Here is an interesting question...if I made an RSS feed to provide >> up to date information about the constant changes to the website, would >> you use it? It is a pretty neat technology that basically allows me to >> write a "new story" of sorts that would get sent to anyone subscribing >> to the feed. In a way, it is kind of like the mailing list only I could >> actually do real-time postings for whatever event happens with the site, >> whether it's a new record upload to the repository or a DNA results came >> in today. >> >> I have setup a poll on the forums to get an idea of how many folks >> would be interested in this....if enough say "yeah!" then I will get it >> on my to-do list. >> >> Kind regards, >> Adrian >> >> Adrian Williams >> Williams DNA Project Administrator >> http://williams.genealogy.fm/ >> stickamw@earthlink.net >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILLIAMS-DNA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >