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Importing News From RSS Channels

RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication, allows webmasters to automatically load favorite news and information on private web sites from RSS news feeds (also called "channels"). Many well-known news communities and corporate web sites offer news headlines and article summaries in the form of news channels. RSS readers retrieve the recent content from the RSS news feeds and display it on your web site. A visitor can preview the recent news content from your web site and will be redirected to the news page if he/she wants to read the full story. The news from RSS channels will be updated automatically, required no interaction from your part.

Using the RSS Reader integrated with SiteBuilder, you can easily add your favorite news from either well-known RSS news feeds or from your own RSS news channel to your web site.

To add news from an RSS channel:

  1. On the editor toolbar, click the RSS Reader Editor icon. A rectangle representing the module appears on the web page.
  2. To select an RSS channel, double-click the module rectangle on the web page. The RSS Reader Editor dialog box opens.
  3. On the RSS Channels List tab, select the RSS channel from where you want to fetch the news.

    Note: The RSS reader integrated with SiteBuilder allows you to select only one RSS channel.

  4. If you want to add news from an RSS channel that is not in the list, click the Own RSS Channel Subscription tab and enter the URL of this RSS channel.
  5. Return to the RSS Channels List tab and select the Own RSS channel radio button.
  6. On the Preview tab, you can preview the news fetched from the selected RSS channel as they will appear on your web site.
  7. Click Apply to save the settings and return to the main editor window.

To change RSS channel settings, double click the RSS Reader editor rectangle in the main editor window and make the necessary changes.

Selecting an RSS channel

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