Subscribing to a Blog

Having a Team Blog this year is a great opportunity for Standing With Hope supporters to participate with the Team each day. If you are unfamiliar with blogs, they are simply a form of online journal. With Parker in charge of the Blog, there will be something new each day, perhaps several different posts a day, so just go to ghanateam08.blogspot.com each day to get your daily fix of all things Ghana! Once you click on the link above, and are viewing the Blog, you can save it to your Favorites folder to make it easy to access.

Now if you are the type of person that wants to know things as soon as they happen,you can subscribe to the Team Blog. By subscribing, you can find out whenever something new is posted. Blog subscription is accomplished by RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - yes you too can impress your friends with your knowledge of all things Geek! RSS is indicated with the image displayed here. When you see this image on a blog or a website, you can subscribe to recieve updates whenever they are posted. There are primarily two ways to subscribe:

1. Subscribe through your web browser on your computer. If you are always using the same computer to go online, this may be the simplest option for you.
2. Subscribe using a Web-based Reader Program.

• Some readers are downloaded and installed on your computer. Like the browser option they work only on the computer to which they have been installed.
• Web-based readers are accessed by an account. Once you log in, the reader recognizes you and configures itself based on your settings. The advantage of a web-based Reader is that you can access it anywhere you can go online.

If you would like to learn more about how to set up your subscription, click on the appropriate link to view a short movie explaining in detail how to subscribe using Internet Explorer 7, FireFox, or Google Reader (web based). If you have difficulties or questions, please feel free to email me at Info@YBuF.com





Tim Cummings
Cummings Enterprises
Business Mentor and Web Host for StandingWithHope.com