When you install RssBandit, you'll notice that RSS Bandit includes a few default feeds. Feel free to read and enjoy them. There are a couple devoted to Rss Bandit in there along with popular feeds such as Wired News and Slashdot.
If that doesn't satisfy you, Rss Bandit makes it easy to subscribe to new feeds. Just follow the instructions below and you'll be on your way to reading 1400 feeds a night. Don't say we didn't warn you.
Click on a feed link
There are several ways to subscribe to a feed. One of the simplest is to
click on a link with a feed: protocol. Typically this will be advertised
as a one click subscription like. For example, clicking on feed://haacked.com/Rss.aspx
will bring up the dialog in Figure 3.
Drag and Drop
Another easy method to subscribe to a feed is to simply drag and drop the
URL from a web page into RSS Bandit. For example, suppose you decided
to subscribe to http://haacked.com/Rss.aspx
for some crazy reason. Left click and hold on the url and drag it underneath
the category folder you wish to add the feed to. When you let go of the
link, the feed will show up in your feed list. The beauty of this approach
is that the dialog in Figure 3 is not displayed nor is it needed.
Right Click
Another simple method is to right click on a link to a feed within a web
page. The context menu will include an item with the label "Subscribe
in default aggregator" (See figure 1). Clicking this item will bring
up the dialog in Figure 3.
Figure 1. Subscribe context menu.
Add Subscription Wizard
( New in version 1.3)
Version 1.3 introduces the new Add Subscription Wizard
used to add subscriptions to RSS Feeds and NNTP News Groups. There
are two ways to reach the wizard. One is to select File
| New Subscription item from the menu. The second is to
simply click on the New... button in the toolbar (figure 2).
Figure 2. Tool bar with New Subscription button.
Figure 3. Add New Subscription Dialog.
Clicking Next will take you to the next screen which differs based on how you launched the wizard. If you used the File Menu, you'll see the screen in figure 4. This allows you to choose the source of the subscription.
Figure 4. Subscription Sources Dialog.
If you clicked on the New... button in the toolbar, it takes you directly to the first subscription source, New subscription by URL as in Figure 5.
Figure 4. New Subscription by URL Dialog.
This dialog accepts the URL to the feed you wish to subscribe to. However, if you do not know the full URL to the feed (and who really remembers these things?) simply enter the url of the website and the wizard will attempt to automatically discover the url to the feed on the page. If there are more than one feed on the page, the wizard will display them all and let you choose one. If there is only one feed discovered on the page, then the wizard will take you directly to a screen that allows you to specify the title and category as in figure 5.
Figure 5. Title and Category Dialog.
After entering a title and category, click Next to get to the Subscription Credentials Dialog as in figure 6. If the subscription does not require credentials (the most common case), simply leave the fields blank and click Next.
Figure 6. Security Credentials Dialog.
The next screen (figure 7) allows you to specify additional properties related to a feed and it's items such as the update frequency, when to remove old items, whether you want to enable alerts, and whether or not to mark items as read when exiting a feed.
Figure 7. Feed/Item Control Dialog.
The final input screen allows you to specify a custom formatter for the feed. Custom formatters control the look and feel of a feed when displayed in the reading pane.
Figure 8. Feed/Item Display Dialog.
Clicking Next takes you to a Wizard Complete! screen. Make sure to click Finish to finish adding the subscription. The feed is now in the list of subscribed feeds. Enjoy a good read!
Figure 4. Unread items within a feed.