categories
Every post I make in the News section will be filed under one or more categories. Categories are essentially like organizing stuff into file folders. You can see all of the categories listed towards the bottom of the sidebar. Some other pages may take advantage of categories also, but the News section will contain the most entries over a semester, so categories become important for finding old entries.
archives
Every post is also stored in a second type of file folder that is organized by month. You'll see links in the sidebar (under the Categories) for all the months containing entries.
rss feeds
RSS feeds are a nice web feature that allow people to be automatically notified when a new entry is posted to the Motivation News section. It's not necessary to use the RSS feed. Nor will I explain how to use them since the mechanical steps you need to take differs a bit depending on the news reader or browser you are using. If you don't know about RSS feeds, don't worry. If you already use RSS feeds, then you can take advantage of this additional website feature.
The News section will only show about the 7 most recent entries. After that they get stored away. So knowing how to use categories and archives can be very beneficial. In addition, if you scroll to the bottom of a page you'll see a special link that says see older posts. Click on this link to be taken to the next seven previous posts. When there are no more "previous posts" you'll just be taken to a blank page.
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