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. Give the feed a name in the Feed Name section

  5. Press Next

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

  7. Press Update to preview the content populating

  8. Press Next

  9. Click on Settings

    1. Here you will 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. 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.

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

  10. Click Content

    1. Here you will moderate your Newsfeed by selecting the content you want to appear.

  11. Click Done

  12. Select one of the two options to embed your Newsfeed options to embed your Newsfeed

    1. RSS link

    2. XML link

  13. Copy the Feed Link

  14. Press Exit

This link can be shared with your intranet or website manager to be added onto your desired page.

If you would like to adjust the design template for your newsfeed, this can either be done by your website manager with the feed link or please reach out to our team via Live Chat within the Help button with the design details. Our team will customize the design using HTML within the 'Advanced' tab.


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

  2. Select Newsfeeds

  3. Navigate to the Newsfeed you want to edit

  4. Click on the check box to the left of the Newsfeed name

  5. Select the second icon 'Moderate'

  6. Via the content stream on the righthand side, find the article to be removed. Deselect the item via the tick box

  7. Select Done to save the changes

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


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