4 Replies Latest reply: Dec 5, 2013 10:03 AM by RKRobin6100 RSS

    automatic RSS feeds?

    jefferis Community Member
    jefferis Oct 8, 2013 5:48 PM

      I would like to automatically add new blog posts to our RSS feed but the interface seems to require that you add every new post manually with the admin RSS feed area. That kind of defeats the purpose of a dynamic presentation.  I.e., you cannot select the Blog page itself to make the feed, you have to select each post. 

       

      Is there another way to automate this feed?

        • 1. Re: automatic RSS feeds?
          RKRobin6100
          RKRobin6100 Dec 4, 2013 11:37 AM (in response to jefferis)

          I am having this same problem. Did you ever find a solution?

          • 2. Re: automatic RSS feeds?
            jefferis Community Member
            jefferis Dec 4, 2013 6:58 PM (in response to RKRobin6100)

            No.  No replies.

            • 3. Re: automatic RSS feeds?
              mario_gudelj CommunityMVP
              mario_gudelj Dec 5, 2013 1:32 AM (in response to jefferis)

              Blogs are automatically syndicated http://web.archive.org/web/20091124184351/http://onlinebusinesswiki.com/index.php/RSS#Blog s_and_RSS

               

              The option is inside blog details under More Options in V3.

               

              _M

              • 4. Re: automatic RSS feeds?
                RKRobin6100 Community Member
                RKRobin6100 Dec 5, 2013 10:03 AM (in response to mario_gudelj)

                What I found was that since I created the RSS channel instead of letting the Blog create it, it wasn't updating automatically when a blog post was added.

                 

                How I solved the problem:

                Edited the Blog Details to uncheck the option to Syndicate this Blog (RSS) and saved

                Deleted the RSS Channel I had created

                Edit the Blog Details and checked the option to Syndicate this Blog (RSS) and saved

                This created the RSS channel and linked it properly causing future blog posts to automatically add to the RSS feed. This did not add past posts so I edited the RSS Channel Items and manually added the specific blog posts that I wanted to be included in the RSS Feed. It took a couple hours to build the RSS Feed (I had to change the Channel Update Frequency to Wildfire! because it defaulted to twice a week). I use Feedburner so once the Channel appears by "Displaying in the Browser" I did a Resync in Feedburner and all is well.

                 

                Note to Business Catalyst:

                The instructions that I found for creating RSS Channels and linking to Blog posting perhaps should be revisited. The instructions I was following specifically said to create the RSS channel manually, rather than having the Blog create it for you. This apparently creates problems in the linking of the two. Clearer instructions could definitely save others valuable time.