RSS Feeds embeded into a Blog

This type of feed appears to be more useful to the casual user. Using the Layout tab in blogger, it is possible to insert an RSS Feed using the 'Insert a gadget' option.

It follows the same process as inserting gadgets (like the fish tank and the clock), just scroll down through the options until you get to the 'Feed' option. It is just a question of copying the URL address from the web page, containing the XML code, and pasting it into the space provided. Following this you get a couple of options to edit what will be displayed (i.e. the number of posts from this feed).

I have chosen three feeds to add to this blog,

1. '48 Hours in RSS Feed' is from the travel section of the Independent Newspaper
2. 'Word of the Day' from wordsmith.org
3. 'Whats on at Buxton Opera House'

I have selected these to illustrate the variety that is available.

Using this type of feed to add to a Blog is a good way of telling readers what your interests are. If a student is going to produce a Blog to act as an online addition to their CV then these Feeds could, and should, reflect their interest in the subject they are studying, and hope to work in.