Design News Reader for Page Elements
For information about page element parts, see Page Element Types.
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From the Design tab, select “News Reader” in the Display As field. |
Note: You can include the News Reader page element in Chapter or Personal Page Elements parts.
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In the Display Name field, enter a name for the news reader section on the page. |
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In the Feed URL field, enter the website address that contains the XML content to display on your website. Typically, sites that share this content display an orange XML icon that is a hyperlink to their website’s feed. |
Note: The website supports RSS versions 0.9, 1.0, and 2.0, and Atom version .3.
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In the Display only the [ ] most recent articles field, enter the number of recent articles to display on your news reader. For example, to display five articles, enter “5.” To display all recent articles, leave the default “0” in the field. |
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To display the XML content on multiple pages, select Use paged output, with [ ] articles per page. In the field, enter the number of items per page. |
If you do not select this checkbox, the articles display on one web page.
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To display only the article title, select Display only the headlines in this feed. |
If you do not select this checkbox, the complete article appears on the news reader.
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To display the graphic associated with the website feed, select Display any graphic associated with this feed. |
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To include the date the feed posts to your website, select Display the date for each posting, if available. |
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For a website that requires authentication to access its XML content, enter the authentication information under News Reader Authentication. |
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In the Type field, select the authentication type that the news feed provider requires. |
Note: Basic authentication does not encrypt the user name and password and sends these credentials over the network in plaintext. Digest authentication encrypts the user name and password and does not send them over the network in plaintext.
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In the Username and Password fields, enter your authentication information. To display XML content that requires authentication, you must have a user name and password with the news feed provider. |
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Click Save. You return to Parts. |