1. Choose one service, for instance : Netvibes ; My Yahoo, ... (see list in the resource & tools page) ;
2. Create a profile : give an email adress, a user ID, a password
3. Once created, you wil have to customize your page

Creating an aggregator page

1. Choose the platform for customizable pages, for example: Netvibes or My Yahoo (see the Tools tab);

2. Open a personal account: provide an email address, an identifier and a password.

3. Once the page is created, configure the page.

Configuring an aggregator page

• Deleting pre-installed feeds:

Some feeds are pre-programmed (newspapers, consumer magazines, weather...). It is possible (and even desirable to gain useful space) to delete these feeds installed by default: go to the feed widget and click on the cross, to the right of the widget title bar: 'Close' the widget.

• Installing a feed (basic function):

- From the customizable page: click on the "Add a feed" button, paste the URL of the selected feed.

- From the browser or the site itself: click on the syndication icon.

• Ordering the widgets on your page: 

When you subscribe to a feed, a new widget is created, which is customizable: number of displayed items, location of the widget on the page, colour of the bar, etc.

• Ordering your page:

It is possible to divide the content of your customizable page into tabs, corresponding to thematic pages (tabbed browsing)

• Adding other content:

The widgets can be used to display content other than news. You can use them to display information on a permanent basis (links, images, slideshows, etc.).

• Indexing the articles you have read:

It is possible to index articles with tags of your choice or with those most widely used by the Internet user community. Some aggregators (e.g. Google Reader) offer the possibility of using a tag cloud to visualize the most frequent themes in the list of articles read and indexed.