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RSS feeds

• What are news feeds?
• How can I use feeds?
• Which feeds are available?
• Can I use these feeds on my site?

What are news feeds?

News feeds allow you to see when we have added new content. You can get the latest information in one place, as soon as its published, without having to check our website.

Feeds are also known as RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication.

How can I use feeds?

In general, the first thing you need is a piece of software called a newsreader. Some modern browsers such as Firefox and Internet Explorer 7 have a newsreader built in. Otherwise, there are many other newsreaders available, some of which are online and accessible through a browser; and some of which you need to download onto your computer.

Browser-based news readers let you catch up with your RSS feed subscriptions from any computer, whereas downloadable applications let you store them on your main computer. In general, a browser-based newsreader is better if you frequently need to work from several different computers (for example, a home computer, a work computer, and in internet cafes on the move). A downloadable newsreader is better if you will primarily be reading feeds just from one computer.

Once you have chosen a news reader, all you have to do is to decide what content you want it to receive. For example, if you would like the latest Salisbury District Council press releases, just visit the press releases page and you will notice an orange button at the bottom of the page. Different newsreaders have different mechanisms for subscribing, but typically it is as simple as dragging the button onto your newsreader, or clicking on it and cutting and pasting the feed URL into your newsreader.

Which feeds are available?

• City Hall events guide This feed is an event listing for forthcoming attractions at the City Hall theatre in Salisbury.
• Committee meetings calendar This feed gives a list of formal council committee meetings taking place in Salisbury, Wiltshire, in the next 30 days.
• Press releases The links on this page direct you to the latest press releases and to all news items which have been published on our website.
• Press releases - Office centralisation project The links on this page direct you to the latest press releases from Salisbury District Council about the Office Centralisation project
• Press releases - Salisbury Vision project The links on this page direct you to the latest press releases from Salisbury District Council about the Salisbury Vision project
• Press releases - Wiltshire unitary council The links on this page direct you to the latest press releases from Salisbury District Council about the Wiltshire unitary council
• What's on Local events taking place during the next month in Salisbury and south Wiltshire, UK
• Planning applications near a propertyThis feed is a listing of all planning applications within a certain distance of your chosen property.

Can I use these feeds on my site?

If you run your own website, you can display the latest headlines from our websites on your own site using RSS.

We encourage the use of our feeds as part of a website. However, we do require that the proper format and attribution is used when our content appears. The attribution text should read "Salisbury District Council" or "www.salisbury.gov.uk" as appropriate. You may not use the Salisbury District Council logo.

Salisbury District Council does not accept any liability for its feeds.