Confluence 2.9 : RSS
This page last changed on May 29, 2007 by rosie@atlassian.com.
RSS is a file format used for syndication on the web. When a site publishes new content regularly, the site can represent those changes in an RSS file. RSS isn't designed to be read in a regular web browser, but specialised RSS newsreader programs can check RSS files every so often, and tell you what's new on a site. For a technical description of the RSS format, you can read Mark Pilgrim's "What is RSS?" article on XML.com. Using RSS with ConfluenceThere are two ways that Confluence uses RSS. Firstly, it can display RSS feeds from other sites, allowing you to follow the news from those sites inside Confluence. Secondly, Confluence publishes RSS feeds of recently updated content, allowing you to be notified of those changes through your own RSS reader. Reading RSS From Other SitesIf another site publishes an RSS feed, you can include its contents in a Confluence page by including the (outdated) RSS Feed Macro in the page, giving it the URL of the feed you want to follow. Confluence will check the feed for updates at most every hour. Subscribing to Confluence Updates via RSSConfluence also produces RSS that you can subscribe to (using an RSS Newsreader) in order to receive notifications of new or updated content on the Confleunce site. Authentication To have your news aggregator log into Confluence, you can append ?os_username=yourusername&os_password=yourpassword to the URL of the feed you are trying to retrieve. Note, however, that this means someone with access to your aggregator configuration can read your password. RSS NewsreadersThe following are some popular RSS newsreader programs for various operating systems. You can find a more comprehensive list on Google's open directory WindowsMac OS XMulti-Platform
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