How to Use Fluent Reader

Good morning!

I hope you guys have had a great week!

The kittens we’ve rescued are growing and scampering about!

I’ve got a couple of pictures of them for you.

This week I learned about an RSS reader called Fluent Reader. You log the blogs you like to read in it, and it updates you in a feed when new articles are available.

If you’ve ever kept track of the blogs you visit in a spreadsheet, like me, I bet you’re really going to appreciate this!

How to Download Fluent Reader

Downloading Fluent Reader is easy. Go to your computer’s Microsoft Store and search “Fluent Reader.” Click install.

When you download the reader, it is blank. It looks like this:

How to Add Blogs

To add blogs, you click on settings or the cog wheel. This screen pops up:

1. Where it says enter URL, you enter the blog link. For example: https://nakinalawson.com/ For some reason, copy and paste doesn’t work for me, so I’ve been using Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste blog links into this box. Just remember to include the https://
2. At the end of the link add “rss”. So, https://nakinalawson.com/rss
3. Alternatively, you could add “feed”. So, https://nakinalawson.com/feed

Why the difference? This is tricky. My trainer told me sometimes “rss” doesn’t work. If that happens, just type in “feed” instead. One of them should work. It has something to do with the technical backend side of things regarding blog setup. What matters to us is that if one doesn’t work, try the other.

4. Then, click Add.

5. Click on the blog you just added and it will be highlighted.

6. Click on Load full content

7. Click on back arrow to side of box.

8. The feed appears.

9. You can click on the picture to read the post. Within the post, click on the globe in the upper right to go to the article directly on the web. You have to go to the web if you want to leave a comment or read the comments. Otherwise, there’s no need to leave the reader.

10. The yellow dot you see on the articles means unread. You can right click the pic to mark as read or you can hide it when read as a way of clearing your posts.

Exploring Settings, etc.

In settings, preferences, you can set up dark mode. My eyes are very sensitive, so I like this option.

You can also delete older articles automatically.

You can click on view to change the way you see the posts.

It’s easy to click on the icons and see what’s there.

There aren’t too many things to click on. You can quickly become familiar with the app and set it up the way you prefer.

Conclusion

I’m excited about this app.

I’m not looking forward to adding all the blogs I read into the app,  but once that’s done (and it’s easy enough to do), I will be glad to use it.

I look forward to not missing anything on the blogs I follow.

I’ll be able to set aside the blog checklist I’ve created and just go to my feed to keep up. I’m super excited about it.

What do you think?

Do you think an app like this would help you? Do you already use one? Which do you prefer and why?

I’m interested in hearing about them.

I hope you found this article helpful.

Ciao for now,

Nakina