RSS is generally used to notify others of the latest news and updates to a site. Confluence reads incoming RSS and creates outgoing RSS. It allows you to stay informed of the latest current affairs of others and allows you to tell them of your own.

Displaying RSS from other sites

If another site publishes an RSS feed, you can include its contents in a Confluence page by including the 'RSS' macro in the page.

E.g. Here is the macro code for displaying an RSS feed published by the BBC:

{rss:url=[http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/feeds/news/ukfs_news/world/rss091.xml]|max=5}

... which gives: 

BBC News | World | UK Edition (Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.)
Many dead in Madrid plane crash More than 150 people died when a Spanair passenger plane swerved off a runway during take-off at Madrid's Barajas airport, officials say.
Russia condemns US missile deal Russia says a US-Polish missile defence deal creates a new arms race, warning it will react beyond "diplomatic demarches".
Bolt claims 200m gold with record Jamaica's Usain Bolt wins the men's 200m gold medal at the Olympics in a record 19.30 seconds.
Obama closing in on running-mate Speculation is mounting about Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's choice of running mate.
Life terms for US rail-crash man A man who caused a huge train crash by leaving his car on the tracks is given 11 life sentences by a Los Angeles court.

Subscribing to Confluence updates via RSS

Confluence also produces RSS that you can subscribe to (using an RSS Newsreader) in order to receive notifications of new or updated content on your Confluence site.

Confluence automatically generates RSS feeds for

• New blog posts
• New pages
• Updated pages
• New comments

There are two easy ways to subscribe to Confluence's RSS feeds:

1. Confluence provides a number of pre-defined RSS feeds for each space. You can find these by selecting 'Browse', 'Advanced', 'RSS'.
2. An RSS Feed Builder is also available, should you wish to create a custom feed. Please see the documentation for details.