Help:RSS



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



How do I add a RSS feed to a page?
The basic code to add an RSS feed to a page is:

URL goes here



What variables can I use?
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

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

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

This would give you:

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