What is RSS?
RSS is an abbreviation for 'Really Simple Syndication'
and is used by Shiptalk to provide a news feed to third
party websites, weblogs and newsletters online. You may
choose to display all of our news headlines along with
a short description of the news article itself and a link
to the full version of the article on Shiptalk.com. Alternatively you
may elect to receive only news articles that appear within a specific
category of our news say for example, “Careers” or “Safety/Security”.
This information is delivered as an XML file called RSS feed, RSS stream,
or RSS channel. An orange rectangle with the letters XML or RSS is often
used as a link to a site's RSS feed.
How do I use RSS feeds?
Generally speaking it is a relatively simple task for your webmaster
to incorporate our RSS feed into your website, weblog or online newsletter.
The first thing you need is something called a news reader. There are
many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser,
and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display
and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want.
Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what
content you want. You can subscribe to the feed in various ways, including
dragging the URL of the RSS feed into your news reader or by cutting
and pasting the same URL into a new feed in your news reader.
How do I get a News Reader?
There is a range of different news readers available and new versions
are appearing all the time.
Different news readers work on different operating systems, so you will
need to take this into account when you make your choice. Most newsreaders
are free of charge and your webmaster should be able to help you choose
the right newsreader for your purposes. Alternatively you will find a
wealth of information on this subject when searching online.
Does the Shiptalk RSS service
cost me anything?
No the Shiptalk RSS news feeds are free of charge to
seafarer welfare organisation and non-profit making organisations.
Our RSS service is also freely available online to commercial
organisations. However, if you are a commercial organisation
intending to use our RSS service and you believe that you
may derive a permissible commercial benefit from our RSS
feed (i.e. more traffic to your site), we would ask that
you consider making a donation to Shiptalk for the annual
use of this service. In this way you would help us continue
to provide as much of our information and our services
at no cost to the seafarers themselves.
Typically companies making donations have paid £10/month
to use this service. As we say this is a voluntary contribution
and we leave it up to you to pay as much or as little or
nothing at all.
If you would like to make a donation please make out your
cheque to Shiptalk Limited (we can accept £, € and
US$) and send to:
Shiptalk Ltd, RSS News Services, Design Works, William
Street , Gateshead , Tyne & Wear , UK , NE11 9QP.
(Please provide us with your company name, contact details
and confirmation that your donation is being made in exchange
for our RSS services when sending your cheque)
It is a condition of incorporating our RSS feeds onto your
website, weblog or newsletter that you agree to comply with
our Terms and Conditions of use. CLICK
HERE to view our terms and conditions in full.
We would also ask that you provide attribution to Shiptalk
in relation to RSS feeds in either text form: “Shiptalk.com” or
by using the Shiptalk logo included in the feeds.
Adding
the Shiptalk’s RSS service to your reader or website
You need to add the exact web address of the relevant Shiptalk
RSS service to your reader. To do this, click on the RSS
button or the name of the relevant feed below, and then copy
the exact web address (URL) of the page it brings up. Add
this exact web address to your reader and our feed will be
added!
To add RSS content to your website, please contact your website administrator.
What are your terms of use?
CLICK
HERE to view our terms and conditions in
full. |
