The Criminal Solicitor Dot Net portal publishes information via RSS feeds. RSS feeds can be used in various ways. If you have a news reader that is capable of reading RSS feeds then you can keep yourself updated of new posts made to the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net portal when you are not logged in. RSS feeds also allow us to publish information in a way that can be displayed easily on other web sites.

The following feeds are available.

	Feed name	Feed Description
	Criminal Solicitor Dot Net Newsdesk	This news feed contains items that appear on the front page of the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site.
	Criminal justice news	This is the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net news feed that displays criminal justice news from the media.
	Office issues	This is the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net RSS Office Business feed that publishes new forum posts made on the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site related to office and contracting issues.
	Case Law and Statutes	This is the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net RSS Case Law and Statutes feed that publishes new forum posts made on the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site related to case law and statutes.
	Police Station issues	This is the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net RSS Police Station feed that publishes new forum posts made on the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site related to Police Station issues.
	Court issues	This is the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net RSS Court feed that publishes new forum posts made on the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site related to Court issues.
	New Forum Posts	This RSS feed from the Criminal Solicitor Dot Net web site publishes all new posts made to the forums.

What is RSS?

This is a description of what RSS is from the Wise Geek web site:

RSS or Really Simple Syndication is a useful tool for keeping updated on your favorite websites. RSS makes use of an XML code that constantly scans the content of a website for updates and then broadcasts those updates to all subscribers through a feed.

RSS feeds are typically used with news sites or blogs, although any website can use them to disseminate information. When an update is sent out, it includes a headline and a small amount of text, either a summary or the lead-in to the larger story. You will need to click a link to read more.

In order to receive RSS feeds, you must have an aggregator, a feed reader. There are a number of aggregators online, many of them free, so with a little bit of searching, you should be able to find an interface that appeals to you. In addition to being available on your computer, RSS feeds can also be read on PDAs and cell phones.

When you come across a website you would like to add to your aggregator, you can do so in one of two ways. Most sites that offer an RSS feed have an “RSS” or “XML” button on their homepage that you can click on and it will instantly add that feed to your aggregator. Depending on your aggregator, you may instead need to copy and paste the URL of the feed into the program.

By either method, the feed will be available as soon as you’ve added it, and your next update could arrive in seconds. If you ever decide that you don’t want to receive updates anymore, you simply delete the feed or URL from your aggregator.

Perhaps you already receive information on website updates through some sort of e-mail newsletter. RSS feeds are preferable to newsletter updates because they are instantaneous; you don’t have to wait until a designated day of the week to receive your summary. They will also never be held up by a spam filter.

RSS feeds are used daily by people who realize the convenience of up-to-the-minute news and reports and the time they can save reading only those updates that interest them, and they look to become even more popular in the future.

RSS Readers

If you need to download a RSS reader you could try one of the following:

Windows

• Newz Crawler
• FeedDemon
• Awasu

Mac OS X

• Newsfire
• NetNewsWire

Web

• Bloglines
• My Yahoo!
• NewsGator