Display news with RSS

📰 In the News post, you can display content from RSS feeds. Subscribe to an RSS-feed from your own webpage or another one, and keep people updated with the latest news.

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Create a News post

Copy the address for the RSS-feed you would like to display on your screen(s) and paste it into the address field of the News post.

It is also possible to select an RSS-feed from the library (resources that can be reused). In this way, a News-resource can be used for several posts, and you don't have to copy the address each time. 

We recommend testing the different options described below, select channel(s) and area of the screen that you want the post displayed in, preview, and save when you are happy with the display. 😊

How do I find the RSS feed for the news I want to display?

We suggest that you do a search online for the RSS feed you wish to display, e.g. "RSS BBC" or your local newspaper. The RSS can be something like https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml, and can sometimes be found in the RSS logo.

If you cannot find the link you need, we recommend contacting the newspaper and asking them if they have an RSS-feed you can use.

ℹ️ Information about displaying news from SharePoint is found in a separate article, here.

Stored as a resource in the Library

It is also possible to select an RSS feed from the library (resources that can be reused). In this way, a News resource can be used for several posts, without having to copy the address again.

The library also contains news feeds that may be suitable for your region.

Select number of news and time period

You can choose how many news items you would like to display, default is the last three. 

In addition you can select how far back in time you want to display news by limiting this time period. Default is no limitation. 

Change the length of the text displayed

Does the news in the RSS feed contain more text than is displayed, or do you want to shorten the paragraph? Then you can select another number of characters under "Limit text".

Change frequency of automatic update

Click on the news source to select frequency of automatic update from the source.

Allow images

If the RSS-feed contains images, you can select whether or not to display these.

Optional: Allow HTML

We basically remove HTLM from RSS-news. Then they are best displayed in most situations. But you can allow HTML to include formatting. Then you yourself take over the responsibility for what and how it is displayed.

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