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How to Use RSS Web Parts in Sharepoint 2010 What Is RSS? “RSS Stands for Really Simple Syndication”, According to Pressfeed Office of Information Technology UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER I ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS How to use RSS web parts in SharePoint 2010 What is RSS? “RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication”, according to PressFeed. You can think of RSS, a web feed, as your own personal news service. In the old days, reporters for the Associated Press (AP) would submit articles from all over the globe. As a subscriber to the AP wire, you could access all these stories and use them in your publication. That’s the syndication part. PressFeed goes on to explain syndication as: “One party creates content that is published in many places. The benefit of syndication is that you get a much wider audience for your content. On the web you create content for your website or newsletter and with an RSS feed you can syndicate it to news aggregator websites or other sites that publish similar content.” Example An example of an RSS feed can be seen on the Business School site. In your web site, you can provide or subscribe to an RSS feed. For instance, a web feed could be used to deliver your content—job vacancies, scholarships, news, announcements, etc. There are two types of feeds: • Partial feeds include a headline, a short summary of the content and a link back to the place where the content resides. • Full feeds load the entire article into the visitors’ news reader—meaning they don’t have to go to another web site to view content. Internet Explorer 6 Note: In SharePoint 2010 RSS feeds are not supported in Internet Explorer 6. If you need to support RSS content for IE6, make sure you add a link to the original RSS site so that IE6 visitors can find the content directly. RSS is built-in to content management systems like SharePoint 2010. To add an RSS feed to your site follow the steps in this section. 1 How to use RSS web parts in SharePoint 2010 Office of Information Technology UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER I ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS Add an RSS Feed to Your Page Use the RSS Viewer Web Part to display RSS feeds on your page. 1. Navigate to the page where you would like an RSS Viewer Web Part to appear. 2. Select Edit Page under the Site Actions menu. Edit Page Change the content .and Web Parts on this page. 3. To insert a web part, choose Add a Web Part from one of the web part zones on the page, or place your cursor in a content area. P'IQe Content lY of ex9ert educators ver Business School faculty members are increasingly findmg themselves 1n the spotlight as rs seek them out for expert commentary on today's headlrnes. The topics cover a wide ranc;ie, such as ta)(es, the economv, health care reform, the global business environment and sustarnab1Jity. 4. Select the Insert tab in the ribbon, select the Web Part button. Site Actions ... -, ~ Browse Page Publish ~ ~ D !~ ~ ITIT] ITrn Table Picture Video and Link U~load Reusab,le Web Existing New ... Audio Fie Content..- Part List List Tables Media Lrnks Content Web Parts 5. The web part gallery will open underneath the ribbon. The web part gallery shows the categories, web parts, and a description of the selected web part. 6. Choose the _Public Web Pages category and the RSS Viewer Web Part. 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