Viewing and Subscribing to Feeds

This topic discusses how to work with My Feeds pagelet and access and view feeds.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

My Feeds Page

PTFP_VIEW

Search and view published feeds to which you have access.

Personalize My Feeds Page

EPPFP_MYFEEDS_PREF

Customize the display of the My Feeds pagelet.

Use the My Feeds page (PTFP_VIEW) to search and view published feeds to which you have access.

Navigation:

  • My Feeds

  • Click the View All Feeds link in the My Feeds pagelet.

  • Click the search button in the My Feeds pagelet.

Use the My Feeds page to search for and view a list of published feeds to which you have access. For example, you must select the All Sites option on the My Feeds page to view published workspace feeds.

See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework, “Creating and Using Feeds and Feed Templates,” Accessing Feeds, Using the My Feeds Page.

Use the Personalize My Feeds page (EPPFP_MYFEEDS_PREF) to customize the display of the My Feeds pagelet.

Navigation:

Click the Customize My Feeds button in the My Feeds pagelet.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Personalizing My Feeds Pagelet. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

 Personalize My Feeds page

Use the Personalize My Feeds page to customize the display of the My Feeds pagelet.

Field or Control

Description

Max Number of Rows

Enter the maximum number of feeds you want to display in the pagelet. The default value is 10.

Sort Order

Select one of the following:

  • Created Date - Ascending — Select to sort by feed definition creation date in ascending order—that is, from first to last.

  • Created Date - Descending — Select to sort by feed definition creation date in descending order—that is, from last to first.

  • Feed Data Type ID — Select to group feeds by their feed data type.

  • Feed ID — Select to sort by the feed ID.

  • Feed Title - Ascending — Select to sort by user-specified feed title in ascending order.

  • Feed Title - Descending — Select to sort by user-specified feed title in descending order

  • Modified Date - Ascending — Select to sort by feed definition modification date in ascending order—that is, from first to last.

  • Modified Date - Descending — Select to sort by feed definition modification date in descending order—that is, from last to first. This is the default sort order.

Access the My Feeds pagelet on the portal homepage as shown below.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the My Feeds pagelet.

 My Feeds pagelet

Use the My Feeds pagelet to access and search for the feeds you are authorized to view. The My Feeds pagelet shows feeds from the current site only. To access feeds from a different site—for example, from a workspace—use the My Feeds page, or publish the feed definition to the current site using the Publish to Sites page.

See My Feeds Page.

Field or Control

Description

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Click a feed title link to open and view the feed document in a separate browser window.

View All Feeds

Click to access the My Feeds page to search for and view a list of published feeds to which you have access.

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Click to access the My Feeds page having searched on the text entered in the Search field.

In PeopleSoft Interaction Hub, feeds can be accessed and viewed in multiple locations including:

  • The My Feeds page.

    See the product documentation for PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework, “Creating and Using Feeds and Feed Templates,” Accessing Feeds, Using the My Feeds Page.

  • The My Feeds pagelet.

  • The Feed Reader pagelet.

    See Feed Reader pagelet on the portal homepage.

  • The feeds hover menu on pages and pagelets used with PeopleSoft Interaction Hub features including blogs, content management folders, discussion forums, and workspaces.

    The feeds hover menu displays a list of feeds that is relevant to your current context. For example, if you are currently viewing a specific blog, then the feeds hover menu displays all feeds for that blog. However, if you are viewing the Blogs pagelet, then the feeds hover menu displays all feeds for all blogs that you have access to view.

    Field or Control

    Description

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    Hover over any of these to view the list of feeds published for this context. Click any list item to open that feed document.

    Click the Feed button or Feed link to open the first feed document in the list.

    Click the Open menu button to toggle the list of feeds between frozen open and closed.

When you click a link to view a feed, the feed document opens in a separate browser window.

See the product documentation for

PeopleTools: Feed Publishing Framework

You can subscribe to PeopleSoft Interaction Hub feeds using the Feed Reader pagelet, using your browser, or using a third-party feed aggregator or reader. To subscribe to a feed, obtain the feed URL by:

  • Copying the URL from an open feed document.

  • Right-clicking on a feed link and selecting to copy the link from the pop-up menu.