Keeping it Current with RSS Brandon Scheirman, Software Trainer

Agenda Understanding RSS How to make RSS even BETTER Hands-On Q&A

RSS – the Building Blocks RSS = Really Simple Syndication General Process: Make RSS Feeds Put RSS Items inside RSS Items reference content (the “full story”) Can create Feed Groups in OU Campus Treat multiple feeds as one big feed Feed Item Content

RSS in OU Campus Administrator Steps Create feeds in Content > RSS Construct your “box” Must be level 10 to see this Feed Groups made here too Next, assign feed to a directory using Access Settings This tells the system which “box” to put your “cans” in

RSS in OU Campus Making Items Once you’ve assigned a feed, time to make some items! News Item templates Edit > RSS for checked-out files Displaying items on pages Possibilities are endless, process varies from school to school

RSS + Tags = Apply tags to RSS items for categorization Cuts down on number of feeds you need Opens up neat filtering possibilities Easy to recategorize items after making them Most News Item templates allow you to add tags when you make the item You can add them after the fact by going to Edit > RSS

Let’s Go Hands-On! Travel to Replace [#] with the number on your badge http://workshop[#].outc18.com/index.html Replace [#] with the number on your badge Click the DirectEdit link Log in as the level 10 user! Username: admin Password: found on your badge

Thank you. Brandon Scheirman outc18.com/surveys bscheirman@omniupdate.com outc18.com/surveys