About the Xtras.Net RSS Feed

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Xtras.Net now offers the RSS aficionados exclusive access to "Daily RSS Deals" via our new RSS feed. Each day our RSS feed will offer you randonly selected specials off one or more items carried by Xtras.Net.

What is RSS?

RSS is a Web content syndication format and is a dialect of XML.

Its name is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication.

You can learn more about RSS here.

What version of RSS is this feed using?

We are using RSS 2.0 for this feed.

Who else publishes RSS feeds?

The most common publishers of RSS feeds are Blogs (What is a Blog? Just google Definition of a Blog to learn more.)

Lots of Microsoft Employees are now blogging, and from them you can learn about .NET "directly from the horse's mouth", so to speak.

Beyond bloggers, most online magazines and news sources also publish feeds in RSS. Just look for a graphic with a hyperlink to the RSS feed like this on most sites (other sites may have text links, or other graphics.

How do I read RSS?

You can use an RSS reader to read RSS feeds. There are many good ones available; most for free.

One such RSS reader we like a lot is SharpReader. Written in C#, it is a free download.

What is the URL for this RSS Feed?

http://www.xtras.net/rss/

What are your plans for this RSS Feed?

Initially we'll offer you just Daily RSS Deals via this RSS feed. In the future we plan to include new releases, how-to articles, and more. Once we add these additional items to this RSS feed, we'll also offer more RSS feeds so you can subscribe to only those specific news item types you prefer.