Adding News Feeds from Syndicated Modules

How to add news feeds from syndicated modules on the website using the News Feeds (RSS) module.

Prerequisite. Syndication must be enabled for the required module. See "Configuring Basic Page Settings for Modules"

  1. Go to a syndicated module. In this example an Announcements module is used.
  2. Select Manage > Syndicate from the module actions menu.

  1. Copy the URL that is displayed in the Address bar of the Web browserA software application for displaying HTML pages on the World Wide Web. Common browser applications include Microsoft Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. and paste it to the clipboard.

  1. Click the Back button on the Web browserA software application for displaying HTML pages on the World Wide Web. Common browser applications include Microsoft Internet Explorer and Google Chrome. to return to the site and then go to a News Feed (RSS) module.
  2. Select Edit > Edit Newsfeeds from the module actions menu.
  3. Click the Add Feed button.
  4. In the Feed Url text box, enter/paste the copied URL.

  1. In the Cache Time text box, enter the number of minutes between refreshes of this feed - OR - Leave this field as -1 to use the default setting for this feed.
  2. Click the Update button. This displays the name of the newly added feed.

  1. Optional. Repeat Steps 7-10 to add additional feeds.
  2. Click the Return button to return to the module.

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