RSS Feeds

RSS Feed plug-ins display RSS feeds from other web sites on the Dashboard, such as those that provide weather or news reports. Users can add multiple RSS feeds to a single frame.

Note: RSS is a family of web-feed formats used to publish frequently updated content, such as news stories, blog entries, and podcasts, in a standardized manner. An RSS document (called a "feed") contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text.

Web Example

Features

Click the first (bold) line to view the website that is the source of this RSS feed. (This option works only if it was activated during setup.)

Example

The frame displays an RSS feed from Yahoo! Weather.

RSS Feed

Setup


	RSS Feed Options
	URL	Indicates the URL for the desired RSS Feed. URLs for feeds can be found on different organizations' web sites.
	Maximum	Controls the maximum amount of items displayed by a feed. Some feeds offer many items, which could clutter up a dashboard.
	Display Title	Shows the feed's title.
	Link Title	Turns the feed's title into a hyperlink to the source web site.
	Display Description	Shows the description of the feed.
	OK	Saves all changes and closes the window.
	Cancel	Closes the window without saving any changes.

Important! While Lucity attempts to remove any scripting from RSS feeds before rendering them on the Dashboard, we cannot guarantee that all external feeds are safe. When you or one of your users subscribes to a feed, you do so at your own risk.

How To Add an RSS Plugin