HOW
TO PUBLISH A NEWS FEED
First,
open an Enfeedia account
Before
you can publish Enfeedia-hosted
news feeds, you must open an account.
It's
FREE. On the home page,
click the link "Get
a Free Account". Provide
your account name, password, your
name and email address, select "listed
or unlisted", and off you go.
"Unlisted"
for Enfeedia means the same as
for the telephone book. If you
choose to be unlisted, we won't
show your account name in any
listing. However, if someone knows
your account name, they will be
able to read your news feed, just
as one can call you even though
your phone number is unlisted.
Choose
your account name thoughtfully because
it will show in your news feed URL,
i.e., address — which is just
like website addresses. Likewise,
when you name your news feed, you
should also choose the feed name
with the same thoughtfulness.
Example:
The address for a news feed named
"recipes" in account
named "exotic_seafood"
is www.enfeedia.com/see/exotic_seafood/recipes.xml.
It's
not just OK for others to know your
account name, it's good! WIth just
your account name, one can go to
Enfeedia.com, see a list of your
news feeds (as long as they are
not "unlisted"), and select
one of your feeds for reading. No
need to memorize a crytpic news
feed address. Don't worry, without
knowing your account password, one
cannot make changes to your account
or publish into your news feeds
or access any private information.
Now
create a news feed
Creating
a news feed is as simple as opening
an account. First log into your
account by clicking the "LOG
IN" link . Then click
the "Set Up Feeds"
link.
Now,
choose "Add a Feed"
and enter a feed name. The comments
to the left describe what constitutes
an acceptable name. Submit that
name to continue to the screen where
you specify your feed. Fill out
the form (see helpful comments on
the left), click submit, and you're
done creating a feed.
"Feed
Link" is the address of your website or, in general, the online document
(including PDF files and JPG images) you want to associate with your news
feed.
What's a news feed without news items
Until
you publish your first news item,
your account is not active. And
even if you have published feeds
already, a new feed is not activated
until you add a news item to it.
To
post a news item to your feed, select
"Publish Items".
(If you have more than one feed,
you also select the feed to which
you intend to add the item.)
Fill
out the form as directed. Notice
the helpful comments on the left.
"Item
Link" is the address of a
website or, in general, the online
document you want to associate
with this news item. Typically,
it's the link to an online document
that provides more information
regarding this news item.
Click
submit, and you've completed publishing
your feed with your first news item.
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