Jamcore Training Blog

JamCore Blog Signup
So you’re new to blogging and you want to know how to get started. We have the basic information below and options you have to setup and read blogs easily from your computer.

What is a blog?
A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links. Information. A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.

Subscribing to the JamCore Training Blog
To “subscribe” to a website or blog’s RSS feed simply means that you are telling that website or blog, “Yes please. Send me your story headlines.” It’s like subscribing to a magazine or newsletter. Instead of getting a magazine or email, you will just get a list of headlines sent to your RSS reader. If the headline looks interesting to you, all you have to do is click on the headline and you’ll be sent to the whole story. You will need to use a “Reader” to organize and view any blog you join below are some free reader options and info on how to get started.

RSS Readers
Bloglines (Universal Online RSS Reader - Free)
Vienna (Mac Computer Based RSS Reader - Free)
SharpReader (PC Computer Based RSS Reader - Free)
MyYahoo (If you have a Yahoo Email Account)
MyMSN (If you have a MSN/Hotmail Account)
MyAOL (If you have a AOL Account)
Google Reader (If you have a Gmail Account)

Chose an RSS Reader
Web-based vs Computer based
If you use multiple computers we would suggest using a web-based RSS Reader, if you are a single computer user you may want to use a Computer based Reader. There are many RSS reader options but for ease of getting started here are our suggestions.

Web Based RSS Reader
We use Bloglines, here’s how to get started
1. Go to Bloglines.com, and subscribe to an account. An email verification will be sent to your email, once verified you can get right to joining the blog.
2. Click on the “Feed” navigation tab on the top right corner of bloglines, once there click on the add link. Cut and paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/JamcoreTrainingBlog into the subscribe field and click subscribe.
3. Under available feeds click the first box for the RSS feed and click subscribe on the bottom of the window.
4. You are now signed up and can view the JamCore Training Blog and its post each day by logging into your account at Bloglines.com

Computer Based RSS Reader
For PC we use SharpReader
1. Go to the SharpReader website and download SharpReader.
2. Once installed cut and paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/JamcoreTrainingBlog into SharpReader’s address-bar and press [ENTER]

For Mac we use Vienna
1. Go to the Vienna“>Vienna Download site and download the program to your desktop.
2. Install the Vienna program, once installed add the icon to your desktop Icon Dock.
3. Once installed, open Vienna and go to the File dropdown menu, click on “New Subscirption” and cut and paste http://feeds.feedburner.com/JamcoreTrainingBlog into the field and press subscribe. To optimize go to the Vienna drop down menu and chose Preferences then check the box “Check for new articles” “Every 30 minutes”.

Now that you have joined the JamCore Training blog it time to get blogging. Checkout the post, comment and ask questions, get involved in the JamCore Community; we look forward to hearing from you.

Have fun blogging!

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