Help & Information
The Muskie Bands website is proud to use some of the latest and greatest technology to deliver information. To make your visit as full of an experience as possible please see the information below.
Required Plugins/Software
Adobe Acrobat - A free download to read the "Band Notes" and other document files on this web site.Adobe Flash Player- The multimedia plugin used for viewing animations and movies on this website.
Other Information
Need to stay up to date? In addition to the tradition e-mail subscription delivery method available here, you can also stay up to date with Muskie Bands use of RSS.
What is RSS?
RSS (Rich Site Summary/Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.
Why RSS? Benefits and Reasons for using RSS
RSS solves a problem for people who regularly use the web. It allows you to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sites you are interested in. You save time by not needing to visit each site individually. You ensure your privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like Twitter, CNN, Google News, MTV and most major corporate, news, and entertainment providers.
What do I need to do to read an RSS Feed? RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators
Feed Reader or News Aggregator software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them for you to read and use.
Most modern web browsers support RSS automatically and a variety of RSS Readers are available for different platforms. To get started with Muskie Bands RSS Feed, just click here to see if your browser supports RSS. Some popular feed readers include Amphetadesk (Windows, Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator (Windows - integrates with Outlook). Even e-mail clients such as Outlook 2007, Outlook Express/Outlook 2003, Windows Live Mail and Apple Mail support RSS. There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo, Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers.