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Nov 16, 2009, 12:42 PM
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Re: [djmaine] Connect to Twitter and Facebook
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Hi there,
Article Manager does have a ready made RSS feed by default. You generally wouldn't have the icon next to each article, as that's not really how RSS is intended to work, but you could certainly add that if you wanted.
Here's the default RSS link for Article Manager:
<a href="$published.globalRSS.webpath$">RSS News Feed</a>
If you want to have that use an image instead, replace "RSS News Feed" with the <img> tag for the image you want.
As for pushing it to other platforms, that's a little different. RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication", and the name sums it up: it's simple. All it is is an XML formatted text file that other programs and applications read and interpret. As a web developer, the only thing you really need to do with RSS on your site is to have it available. If you look in the address bar of your web browser on a page that has RSS (like your Article Manager index page), you should see the RSS icon -- click on that, and depending on your browser, it will give you options to add it to a reader, or just take you to the feed itself.
The feed isn't going to be pretty. It's not supposed to be, you aren't intended to read the feed directly. It's supposed to be viewed through an RSS reader (or an aggregator), such as Google Reader. This takes the XML code and formats it to be viewed post-by-post.
By default, Article Manager creates an RSS feed -- and that's all you need to do for standard RSS use.
If you want to push your RSS feed into a different social media platform, like Facebook or Twitter, you generally need an application designed FOR Facebook or twitter. This isn't done from the RSS feed itself -- RSS isn't an application, it's just a formatted text file, so it doesn't have any special powers like that. :)
A quick Google search found this information about a few Facebook RSS applications: http://www.everyjoe.com/articles/facebook-and-the-forty-or-so-rss-applications-109/
This appears to be an application that does the same for Twitter (and Facebook, actually): http://twitterfeed.com/
There are probably plenty of other applications that do the same thing, so if you want to push your RSS feed into another platform... hit up Google, and you'll find plenty of options available. :)
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. :)
Donna
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