RSS Feeds

What is RSS?

RSS is short for Really Simple Syndication. It's an XML file that can be read by special feed reading software or a web service you can use from your web browser. Put the address of one of our web feeds into your reader, and it will display the list of latest addition to our photo collection with links that will take you to image data.

Feeds are updated whenever new content is published. That way feeds offer an easy way to keep up to date with If Images ever growing collection of high resolution Royalty-Free and Rights Managed images available for download.

Getting Started with RSS

How do you start using RSS feeds? In general, the first thing you need is something called a news reader or RSS aggreagator. There are many different versions, some of which are accessed using a browser, and some of which are downloadable applications. All allow you to display and subscribe to the RSS feeds you want. Some browsers, including Firefox, Opera and Safari, have functionality which automatically picks up RSS feeds for you. For more details on these, please check their websites.

How do I get a RSS Reader?

There is a range of different RSS readers available and new versions are appearing all the time. Different RSS readers work on different operating systems, so you will need to take this into account when you make your choice. Some of most popular ones include FeedDemon and Newz Crawler for Windows, NetNewsWire for Mac OS X and My Yahoo!, NewsGator and Bloglines for Web. One of the most popular email clients, Mozilla Thunderbird, includes built-in RSS reader.

Where to find RSS content on If Images?

If Images provides three main feeds:

Latest addition to our image catalogue

Latest Royalty-Free images

Latest Rights Managed images

In addition, every search you make on our library of Royalty-Free and Rights Managed photographs and illustrations, is available as a personalised RSS feed, to enable you to track new addition to our stock photo library in your favourite RSS reader. That way you can get notified instantly when new images from one or more of your areas of interest becomes available. Look for the at the bottom of your search results.

Image Podcasting

All our RSS feeds support enclosures capabilities of RSS 2.0 and Yahoo's Media RSS extension, giving you full access to all the details of the photos in the feed.

Terms of service

The If Images feeds in the RSS format are provided free of charge. Attribution to If Images must be provided in connection with your use of the feeds. If you provide this attribution in text, please use: "If Images". If you provide this attribution with a graphic, please use the If Images logo that we have included in the feed itself.

We reserve all rights in and to the If Images logo, and your right to use the If Images logo is limited to providing attribution in connection with these RSS feeds.

By using the If Images RSS feed, you agree to be bound by the If Images Terms and Conditions. If Images reserves the right to cease offering these feeds at any time or require you to cease distributing these feeds at any time for any reason.