## RSS Import Configuration

The RSS Import Configuration page allows system administrators to add, configure, and remove external RSS feeds that are displayed in the sidebar.

RSS is a web content syndication format: a method of feeding content from a site to users in the manner of news headlines. RSS is an XML-based language, and all RSS feeds must conform to the XML 1.0 specification as published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). RSS originated at Netscape in 1999, and has strived to be a simple, easy-to-understand format. A site that wants to publish recently-added content, such as news headlines or stories, creates a description of the content and where the content is located on its site in the form of an RSS feed.

The available RSS import parameters and their descriptions are:

Display

  Determines whether the RSS feed should be displayed. This is useful for temporarily hiding problematic feeds.

Title

  The title of the RSS feed. This should be short but descriptive because it is used as the title of the feed in the sidebar.

URL

  The URL of the RSS feed.

Items to display

  The number of items from the RSS feed to display.

Display Locations

  The pages within the site on which to display the RSS feeds.

Refresh Every

  Determines how often the RSS feed should be checked for updates.

The settings for imported RSS feeds can be changed once saved. Click the checkbox associated with a feed to quickly show or hide that feed. Click the ``Edit`` button associated with a feed to edit other parameters of that feed. Click the ``Delete`` button associated with a feed to permanently remove it from the site.

### See Also

- RSS Export Configuration