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Delphi 2005's Welcome Page can easily be modified by adding your favorite links and/or blog RSS feeds. You can add your favorite link to the left column of the page, and add an item in the "Headlines" combobox that (already) contains a list of various blogs

Adding About Delphi Programming to favorite links

   1. Locate the Delphi 2005 installation folder, and the "Welcome page" subfolder
   2. Open the "XML" subfolder
   3. Open the "menuBar.xml" document. Use Notepad or your favorite XML editor
   4. Inside the "menuBar.xml" locate the <title>Resources</title>
   5. Add a new section, like:
      <item>
        <title>About Delphi Programming</title>
        <link>http://strcpy.com</link>
      </item>


Adding About Delphi Programming blog RSS feed

   1. Locate the Delphi 2005 installation folder, and the "Welcome page" subfolder
   2. Open the "XML" subfolder
   3. Open the "defaultProviders.xml" document.
   3. Use Notepad or your favorite XML editor
   4. Inside the "defaultProviders.xml" locate the last line "</rss>"
   5. Above the last line, add a new section, like:
      <group>
        <title>Favorite Blogs</title>
        <item>
          <title>About Delphi Programming</title>
          <link>http://strcpy.com/</link>
        </item>
      </group>


Finally, reload/refresh your Delphi 2005 Welcome page and the new items will appear in the feed combobox and in the left column.
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