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Adding a New Blog RSS Channel

To add a new RSS channel for a Blog:

  1. Select Manage Site Assets > Engagement Tools > RSS Feeds and Channels from the main navigation menu.
  2. In the RSS Feeds and Channels Screen, ensure you are viewing Blog Channels by clicking the appropriate Tab.
  4. Click Add New.
  1. A blank Add/Edit Channel screen appears:

  1. Specify the channel properties as described in the following table:

 

Channel Properties
Channel Property Description
Title Enter a title to name this channel.
URL This should be the URL that would allow users to link to the blog source.
Icon To select an image to use as an icon for this channel, click Select an image in the resulting Insert Image from Library dialog.

- Select a directory.

- Locate the image to use in the images list for the selected directory.

- Click on the image and choose Select Image.

The path and filename of the selected image appears in the Icon Field in the properties pane.
Admin Email Email address of the channel administrator. This is required for RSS.
Description Enter a brief description of the contents or use of this channel.
Link to:

Directory (Auto).

  • Directory: Automatically creates items from the blog posts in the selected menu directory.
  1. Click Select Directory.
  2. In the resulting menu listing, click on the menu directory which contains the pages you want to use as items for this list.
  3. Click Select Directory.
  4. The directory path appears under the radio buttons.

You cannot manually build a Blog RSS Channel.
Maximum Items

Enter the maximum number of pages from the selected directory to display as channel items.

Leave field blank to display all pages.
Order by

You can choose the display order for the feed items from the drop-down list. Options are None; Title; Description; Created Date

• Click the appropriate radio button to select to display pages in ascending or descending order according to the order by criteria.
Filter

You can filter the feed to only show items with specific tags.

• Click the check box beside the Tag folder or term to add . If you select a folder, a confirmation dialog appears, prompting you to specify whether you want to add all tags in the folder.
Publish Date

Optionally, specify a publish date on which this channel will be available for use with one of the following options:

Publish Between

• Click the radio button and specify a publish date range.

Remove When Older Than

• Click the Remove radio button and chose a date option from the drop-down list.

None

• Click the None radio button to not specify a publish date.

 

  1. To preview your listing, click the Update Preview button.
    Content Manager populates the Channel Preview pane with a list of pages from the selected directory.
  2. Click Save Channel to save the new blog channel. You will receive a confirmation at the top of the screen. Click Cancel to return to the main channel listing.

 

 

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