Back Getupdates How to make an RSS feed from curated content IN Cronycle Tutorials,Share marketintelligence tutorials byValeriePegon•February20,2020 PublishCuratedContent,RSS,RSSFeed,ShareContent ThistutorialexplainshowtopublishcuratedcontenttomakeanRSSfeedfromyourCronycle board,bothtoconnecttoothertoolsandtosharepublicly Bene몭ts and limits of RSS feeds RSSfeedsareastandardwayofsharingacollectionoflinks normallyarticles withtitle, excerpt,date,sourceandfewotherdatapoints.Becauseitisarecognizedandwidelyused
standard,itisoneofthebestoptionsforsendingcontentsavedontoyourboardstootherapps andservicessuchasmarketingtools,websites,intranet,messagingapps,etc We’vewritten tutorialstoguideyouwhenyoushareyourboardcontenttoHubspotblog,Hubspotnewsletters orMailchimp It’salsoagreatwaytoenableyouraudiencetofollownewsyoucurateusing RSSreaders
CronycleboardscanbepublishedasRSSfeeds itmakesonefeedperboard whereeach article,video,tweetandTwitterconversationappears.OnCronycleboards,youcanadd summariesandtagstoyourcontent CronyclesendsbothofthesetotheRSSfeedgenerated fromyourboard.StoryArcs(groupsofcontent)arealsosenttotheRSSfeed,butrecipientapps maystruggletodisplaythem.Notesandfilesfromyourboardscannotbesentbecausetheydo notcontainaURL somethingrequiredforRSSfeeditems
How to set up your board to make an RSS feed
Cronycleboardsarethebestplacetocollectcontentandshareittoyouraudience Whilethere are8waystopublishfromboards,thispostfocusesspecificallyonRSSfeeds.Youmaywant tofirstcheckoutthesetutorialsabouthowtosaveandenrichcontentonyourCronycleboards YouneedanIndividual(previouslyPro)orEnterpriseaccounttopublishtoRSSfeeds. FromtheboardyouwishtoshareasanRSSfeed,clickonthePublishbuttonnearthetopright. You’llseeadropdownwithseveraloptionsforpublishing,organizedintocategories.Ifyou alreadyhaveoneormoreoptionsenabled,clickon“Setupmorepublishingoptions”atthe bottom.Thisexpandsthedropdowntodisplaycurrentsetup(s)ontheleft,andavailableoptions toaddontheright.
AnRSSfeedisalivefeed
Step 1 – Set content to publish to RSS
Inthefirststep,definewhattypeofcontentyou’llsendtotheRSSfeed
ClickonPublishtofindRSSfeed
meaningitispermanentlyuptodateandalwaysinsyncwithyour board Whensomethingchangesonyourboard,itwillbereflectedintheRSSfeed FollowthesestepstosetupanRSSfeed
Clickon“SetupPublishingtoRSS”tostartthesetupwizard
ThedefaultisEditor Approved,whichwerecommendbecauseitletsyouenrichandcheckyourcontentbeforeitis published.
ChoosewhatcontentshouldgetpublishedtoRSS
Thealternativeistopublisharticlesandvideos,Tweets,Twitterconversations,andStoryArcs (groups)assoonastheyareonyourboard TheRSSwillalwaysbeuptodate,butbeaware thatbecauseRSSreadersdonotfetchupdatedcontentautomatically,someofyourRSS followersmaygetthefirstversion(e.g.,anarticlewithoutasummary)andneverseethe summary Thesameappliestootherappsandservices Contentmetadatamaynotbeupdated
That’swhywerecommendusingeditorapproval Remembertoapproveeachpieceofcontent onyourboardassoonasitisready.OnlythenwillyourboardsendcontenttoyourRSSfeed.
Step 2 – Set the order of content in the RSS
AnRSSisalist,organizedinachronologicalorder.Wegiveyoutwooptionswhenyoupublish toRSS: orderbydatepinnedtoyourboard(default) orderbydateoriginallypublished Inbothcases,thenewestcontentisatthetop
Step 3 – Set a password to protect your RSS (optional)
IfyouarepreparinganRSStosendcontenttoothertoolsanddonotwantanybodyelse accessingit,theonlysafeoptionistoaddapassword.
However,notalltoolsacceptingRSSfeedsenableyoutoenterapassword Theonlywayto knowistotry.CompleteallthestepsinthewizardinCronycle,andheadtotheapporservice youwanttoaddtheRSSto.Iftheinterfacethereasksforapassword,thenitwillwork.Ifnot,it willshowanemptyorinvalidRSSfeed
Thepasswordsafetylevelistotallyuptoyou,butwerecommendusinganewpasswordmixing letters,numbersandspecialcharacters asisalwaysthebestpractice!Youcanalsochooseany usernameyouwant.
IfyouwantyourRSSfeedtobeeasilyaccessibletoothers,donotsetapassword.
Step 4 – Review and con몭rm to start publishing to RSS
Atthisstep,makesureyou’vecompletedallthesetupcorrectly Youcangobacktoany previousstepatanytime,orevenclosetheongoingsetup Cronyclesavesthechangesasyou makethem
OnceyouclickonStartpublishing,youseeaconfirmation.
TheRSSURLbecomesvalidandshowscontent ifandwhenyouhavevalidcontentonyour board.Soremembertoaddcompatiblecontenttotheboard(onlinearticles,videos,ortweets). And,ifyouareusingeditorapproval,gototheboardtoapproveitems.
Atthispoint,youcancopyorshareyourRSSURL.EachboardisprovidedauniqueRSSURL, soifyouremovetheRSSsetupforaparticularboardandthendoitagain,youwillgetthesame URLagain. Ittakesaround5minutesfornewcontenttoappearintheRSSfeed.Ifyouuseafeedreader,the delaycanbelonger,becauseeachtoolhasadifferentpaceforfetchingcontent.Forthefastest testandverification,opentheRSSURLinyourwebbrowser WerecommendyoutesttheRSS beforesharingittoyouraudience.Thiswayyougettoseeeachpieceofinformationsentfor eachpieceofcontent Itisnotagraphicalview,buthasthebenefitofbeingexhaustive!
Edit, deactivate or delete your setup
Tomodifyanystepinyoursetup,fromtheboard,clickagainonPublish,thenon“edit”inthe RSSblock Youcangobacktoanystepmentionedabove Cronyclesaveschangesandthey takeeffectimmediately.
ClickagainonPublishtoreviewandeditcurrentpublishingoptions
YoucanalsodeactivatetheRSSpublishing,butthisresetsstep3andonward Thismeansthat theRSSfeedissuspendedandyou’llneedtoredosomeofthesetuptoactivateitagain.No contentissentandopeningtheRSSURLwillshowanerror.However,contentalreadyfetched byotherappsandserviceswillmostlikelyremainthere
Onceyoufinishthesetupandstartpublishingagain,thesameURLbecomesvalidagainandthe
boardsendsnewcontentagain.
Ifyoudonotwanttousethissetupanymore,youcanalsodeleteit.Youcandothatbyclicking onPublishing,thenEditfortheRSSoption Next,scrolltothebottomofthepanel thedelete optionisthere ItwillstoptheRSSURLfrombeingvalidandnonewcontentwillbesent Again,mostappsandserviceskeepthecontentthatwasfetchedearlier.
ThisconcludesthistutorialonhowtomakeanRSSfeedfromcuratedcontentusingCronycle. Ifyouneedhelporademo,pleasegetintouch!
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