Working with RSS

Added by Anonymous, last edited by Anonymous on Jul 28, 2008

RSS is generally used to notify others of the latest news and updates to a site. Confluence reads incoming RSS and creates outgoing RSS. It allows you to stay informed of the latest current affairs of others and allows you to tell them of your own.

Displaying RSS from other sites

If another site publishes an RSS feed, you can include its contents in a Confluence page by including the 'RSS' macro in the page.

E.g. Here is the macro code for displaying an RSS feed published by the BBC:

{rss:url=[http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world/rss091.xml]|max=5}

... which gives: 

BBC News - World
(The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.)
Gulf states fuel Syria isolation
Gulf Arab states expel Syria's ambassadors, accusing Damascus of shunning Arab efforts to end months of bloodshed, as Russian officials visit President Assad.
New Maldives leader pledges order
New Maldives President Mohammed Waheed Hassan vows to uphold the rule of law following the dramatic resignation of his predecessor Mohamed Nasheed.
Iranian president summoned by MPs
Iran's parliament summons the country's president for questioning - the first time this has happened since the 1979 revolution.
California court backs gay unions
A California court rules that a bar on same-sex unions is unconstitutional, in the latest stage of a long-running battle over the issue in the US state.
LA abuse school removes all staff
The whole staff of a Los Angeles school is to be replaced amid a probe into allegations of sex abuse against two long-serving teachers, officials say.

Subscribing to Confluence updates via RSS

Confluence also produces RSS that you can subscribe to (using an RSS Newsreader) in order to receive notifications of new or updated content on your Confluence site.

Confluence automatically generates RSS feeds for

  • New blog posts
  • New pages
  • Updated pages
  • New comments

There are two easy ways to subscribe to Confluence's RSS feeds:

  1. Confluence provides a number of pre-defined RSS feeds for each space. You can find these by selecting 'Browse', 'Advanced', 'RSS'.
  2. An RSS Feed Builder is also available, should you wish to create a custom feed. Please see the documentation for details.

In Confluence, you can both display and subscribe to RSS feeds.

Displaying RSS Feeds
By embedding outside RSS feeds into your Confluence pages, you can automatically display the latest news from sources outside Confluence.

Subscribing to RSS Feeds
By subscribing to RSS feeds generated by Confluence, you can stay automatically informed of changes and updates going on within your Confluence site.

At left is a quick introduction to the use of RSS in Confluence. For more information please visit the documentation.

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