Help:RSS2Wiki

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RSS2Wiki allows you to add RSS feeds from any site onto any page on Blogging Wikia. This could be use for news feeds, to show entries from a related blog, or to show recent changes from a related wiki.

[edit] Adding a RSS feed

The basic code to add an RSS feed to a page is:

<rss> URL goes here </rss>

[edit] Variables

There are a number of variable you can add after the URL for the RSS feed. Each is separated by a pipe ("|") (as in links and templates). The available parameters:

• charset=: The charset used by the feed. For example, you may need to use UTF-8 to view some characters.
• short: Do not show the description text for each news item.
• date: Shows the date/time stamp for each news item.
• max=: Allows you to choose how many items to show.
• highlight=term1 term2: The terms added here (separated by a space) are highlighted.
• filter=term1 term2: Only RSS items containing at least one of the listed terms are shown.
• filterout=term1 term2: No RSS items containing the listed terms are shown.
• reverse: The RSS items are displayed in reverse order

[edit] Example

So for example, to add some Google news, you might use:

<rss>http://news.google.com/news?ned=us&topic=h&output=rss|charset=UTF-8|short|date|max=2</rss>

This would give you:

• Official: 9 deaths 'fair certainty' in helicopter crash - CNN International
• Guantanamo jury gives bin Laden driver 5 1/2 years - The Associated Press