An easier way to follow the blog

Hey guys,
I realize I will be preaching to the choir for some people in our class, but I just wanted to give a brief tutorial on an easier way to follow not only the blog, but the comments. It's called RSS (real simple syndication), and it is an easy way to read lots of different things in one place. There are a few steps and many ways to do it, but with the right setup, you can have all the blog posts and comments come to one place (instead of visiting the blog, looking through posts to see what you have not read, and looking through individual posts for new comments.

First, you will need an RSS reader. These are very common and a Google search for "RSS reader" will give you 32 million hits. I personally use google.com/reader

Figure out which RSS reader you want and then find out how to add a feed. In Google Reader, the link says Add a Subscription and it is in the top left corner.

When adding a feed, you need a URL to the feed. Blogs will usually have a button somewhere that says RSS, Feed, Subscription, or looks like this:
On our blog, you can find the feeds in the bottom of the right corner. It says subscribe to and then has a button for posts and then for all comments. If you are using Google or Bloglines as your RSS reader, you can simply click and then click your reader and follow the prompts to add the feed. If not, you can copy these links into your Add Subscription box on your reader:

http://darkfantastic2010.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

http://darkfantastic2010.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default

One is for the actual posts, and one is for the comments. This way all new posts come to one place, reducing your time hunting for posts and increasing your time reading them!

Hope that helps!