One of the very best ways to follow certain blogs is to use RSS feeds. RSS feeds are one of the webs most powerful but least understood features. Once you start using RSS feeds, you'll never want to depend on email again - email is full of spam, while RSS feeds are spam-free and in effect the website tells you when there's something new to look at.

To learn more about RSS feeds for model railroaders, watch this video in MRH Theater.

The above video is a little dated - Google Reader is no longer available, but no matter. The Feedly Reader is simply fabulous, and a wonderful way to consume the RSS feeds on this website.

It you want the feed link for all recent posts, then go here:
http://mrhmag.com/tracker_rss

​To find the RSS feed for any given blog from a blog entry, first click the top level blog link, like so:

Then on the person's blog index page, scroll down and click the orange RSS feed link to get the RSS URL for that person's blog. In this example the link is: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/blog/355/feed

Paste this link into Feedly and you're all set. Any time there's something new, Feedly will tell you. Here's What Mike Deverell's blog looks like once it's loaded into Feedly - notice how wonderfully visual Feedly is - RSS in Feedly beats email notifications all to pieces:

That's how you do it ... one of the top ways people read our website is with Feedly - RSS feeds are so cool once you realize how they bring new content to you and you no longer need to go searching for what's new all the time!

I'm sure the Feedly thing is spiffy and all, but simply clicking a "follow" button would be nice.  I would click a follow button now and then, but honestly, I doubt I'll ever go through setting up any RSS feeds. Other forums I frequent have a simple button. I like simple. Mongo like simple. Mongo like candy.   

Randy

I'm sure the Feedly thing is spiffy and all, but simply clicking a "follow" button would be nice.  I would click a follow button now and then, but honestly, I doubt I'll ever go through setting up any RSS feeds. Other forums I frequent have a simple button. I like simple. Mongo like simple. Mongo like candy.   

MRH is on the Drupal platform. Joe and his staff are limited to Drupal functionality else risk having any custom code damaged later by a Drupal update. Joe keeps threatening with a site overhaul ;). Maybe the new version will have Facebook-y You Tube-y items galore.

Thanks Joe, I'll give it a try.