Working With the Feed Reader Pagelet
This topic discusses how to personalize and use the Feed Reader pagelet.
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Definition Name |
Usage |
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EO_PE_RSS_NEWS |
Specify URLs to feed content that you want to display on the Feed Reader pagelet. Define display pagelet options. |
A feed—also known as an RSS feed, an XML feed, syndicated content, or a web feed—is frequently updated content published by a website. Particularly suitable for listing news headlines and content, feeds have been adopted by content providers to supply users with a sampling of the content available on their websites.
The Feed Reader pagelet provides the following features:
News feed title, a link back to the source website, and an optional image or logo.
Item (article) titles and optional summaries with links to the associated articles on the source website.
Optional capability to search for content on the source website.
Note: The Feed Reader pagelet currently supports news feeds supplied in the RSS 0.9x, RSS 1.x, RSS 2.x, ATOM 0.3 and ATOM 1.x formats.
The news categories and headlines display as links. Each category displays the most recent news headlines. Select the news category link to access a page that lists all headlines in the category.
If the content source provides search capability in their content and you have configured your Feed Reader pagelet to display search functionality, you can use available search fields on the pagelet to enter keywords to execute searches in the source website. Search results display on the source website.
In addition to external feed sources, the Feed Reader pagelet can be configured to display PeopleSoft feeds such as feeds published from PeopleSoft Interaction Hub content or PeopleTools content.
This homepage pagelet may also be placed on the homepage of a collaborative workspace.
Use the Personalize Feed Reader page (EO_PE_RSS_NEWS) to specify URLs to feed content that you want to display on the Feed Reader pagelet.
Define display pagelet options.
Navigation:
Click the Customize icon on the Feed Reader pagelet.
The following example illustrates the Personalize Feed Reader page.
Field or Control |
Description |
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Number of Articles to Display |
Indicate the number of articles (items) to display per feed. |
Display Article Summary |
Indicate whether the article summaries are to be displayed by default. |
Display Image |
Indicate whether to display feed icons or logos if they are provided by the content publisher. |
Display Searchbox if Present |
Indicate whether to display a search box if the content publisher provides feed search capability. |
Label |
Enter text to be used to label the feed in the pagelet as well as in the exported feed subscription files. The Label field is optional and if left blank, will default to the feed title when the page is saved. |
URL |
Enter a valid feed URL. If the specified URL does not return a valid feed document, the following error message is displayed when the page is saved: |
Display Order |
Indicate the order to display feeds in the pagelet. |
Import Feed URLs |
Click to upload an Outline Processor Markup Language (OPML) file. OPML is an XML format for storing outlines including lists of feeds. The OPML format has become popular for users to exchange subscription lists among various feed readers and feed aggregators. |
Export Feed URLs |
Click export all feed URLs to a .opml file in the OPML 2.0 format. |
The following example illustrates the Feed Reader pagelet on the portal homepage. Access the Feed Reader pagelet on the portal homepage as shown below.
Use the Feed Reader pagelet to access feeds and feed articles directly from the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub. For each feed, a folder icon shows first, followed by the feed label and the feed description. For each feed item (article), an item icon shows first, followed by the item title and summary.
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Description |
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Click this folder button to show the content for the feed. All feeds show initially in collapsed state, except the first feed, which shows in expanded state. |
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Click this folder button to hide the content for the feed. |
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Click this item button to show the summary for the article. Note: If a dot icon appears, that means the article does not have a summary. |
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Click this item button to hide the summary for the article. |
<Feed Title> |
Click the link for a feed title to open the entire feed document within PeopleSoft Interaction Hub. |
<Item Title> |
Click a link for an item title to display the feed item in the target frame of the PeopleSoft Interaction Hub. Note: The item appears wrapped in your PeopleSoft Interaction Hub, unless the source website contains a frame buster. |
If a valid feed document is no longer available at a specified URL, the Feed Reader pagelet displays an error message for that feed similar to the following:
Unable to get a feed document of recognized formats from the url "URL"