Updated Class Blog List: Goodbye Netvibes

Netvibes has mysteriously deleted my entire list of class blogs. Due to my own difficulties with Netvibes, and based on some student feedback, I now recommend you switch to Google Reader, which is an alternative blog aggregator.

So you don't have to re-enter all the class blogs, I've created an OPML file with the entire list of class blogs in it. In Google Reader, you will be able to import the OPML file which will automatically set up the entire class blog list for you.

OPML is another subset of XML, like XHTML. But unlike XHTML, OPML is specifically designed to contain abstract lists of things. In this case, it contains a list of RSS feeds (another subset of XML) for all the blogs. (more on OPML here / more on RSS here)

To import the OPML file,

1. visit this URL in Firefox: http://onepotcooking.com/amosbloomberg/f2008/class_info/blogs/webdev_student_blogs.xml
2. click File->Save Page As... and save it to your hard drive.
3. go to your Google Reader page (http://www.google.com/reader) - you will need to set up an account if you don't already have one
4. on your Google Reader page, you will see a link at the bottom left that reads, "Manage subscriptions". Click it!
5. on the Settings page, click the tab called, "Import/Export"
6. Click "Browse" and find the file you saved on your hard drive
7. Click "Upload"
8. Done! Now the class blog list should show up on your main Google Reader page