Getting Started with the Newsfeed

Learn to manage your latest news RSS feed on your website or intranet

Cheyenne V. avatar
Written by Cheyenne V.
Updated over a week ago

Welcome to The Newsfeed! This article will help users get started with a Newsfeed and will cover the following topics:


Creating a Newsfeed

  1. Select the Content drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Newsfeeds

  3. Select Create Newsfeed

  4. Set a title for your Newsfeed

  5. Select the inputs for your Newsfeed. Inputs can be Explore searches, tags, RSS feeds, or Added Content

  6. Next, specify the content types that will appear in your feed. You can also select the relevant details of the content to display in the Newsfeed, like publisher info, hit sentence, image, or avatar.

    Note: If you turn on 'Automatically Include New Articles', new content will be added to the feed automatically on an ongoing basis. If you deselect 'Automatically Include New Articles', you will need to manually add additional content via this page in the future.

  7. You’ll also find a checkbox for including premium content. For more information about premium content, click here.

  8. Press Next

  9. Moderate your Newsfeed by selecting the content you want to appear in your Newsfeed. You can also remove articles in this step

  10. Click Share

  11. Select an RSS link or XML link


How to Access your Newsfeed Link, delete a Newsfeed or edit a Newsfeed

  1. Select the Content drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Newsfeeds

  3. Click on the check box to the left of the Newsfeeds name

Within the toolbar you can:

  • Select the first icon 'Show Links' within the toolbar to load the Feed Links

  • Select the second icon 'Moderate' to update the content displayed within the feed

  • Select the Edit icon to adjust all settings within the feed

  • Select the Trash icon to delete newsfeed

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How to remove an article from your Newsfeed

  1. Click the Content drop-down in the left-hand navigation bar

  2. Select Newsfeeds

  3. Via the checkbox, select the Newsfeed

  4. Select Moderate

  5. Via the content stream on the righthand side, find the article to be removed.

  6. Deselect the item via the checkbox

  7. The content will be removed from the Newsfeed when you reload the URL.


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