Publishing a News Feed

Editing news feed publishing properties

Learn how to publish a news feed in this tutorial.

News feed related stylesheet selectors

You can control how the news feed image link and the link list are displayed in your publication with just a few selectors found at the bottom of the stylesheet.

			/*feed selectors*/
			div.feed_link {position:absolute; left: 11px; top:380px;}
			p.feed_link_item {margin-bottom:0px; padding-bottom:0px;}
			p.feed_link_item a {font-size:1.1em; font-weight:bold}
			p.feed_link_info {color:#000088; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:6px; font-size:0.8em;}
			p.feed_link_description {margin-top:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:12px;}
		

In the above example:

Line #2: div.feed_link {} targets the image link (see News feed template).
Line #3: p.feed_link_item {} targets the links when the % rss_feed % generated content option is used.
Line #4: p.feed_link_item a {} targets the actual link tag (<a></a>) when % rss_feed % is used
Line #5: p.feed_link_info {} targets the news item info (author, date) when % rss_feed % is used
Line #6: p.feed_link_description {} targets each item description when % rss_feed % is used

News feed template

To get complete control over the news feed image link placement in your publication, you can move the makup found in the template. The part you should move is:

			<!-- insert feed link -->
			<xsl:if test="$feed_root">
			<xsl:call-template name="feed_link"/>
			</xsl:if>
		

The above makup checks if the rss file is being published and if it is, it call the template below:

			<!-- feed template -->
			<xsl:template name="feed_link">
			<div class="feed_link">
			<a href="{$feed_root}.xml">
			<img src="images/{$feed_image}" alt="news feed icon"/>
			</a>
			</div>
			</xsl:template>
		

This template uses two parameters: $feed_root and $feed_image that are sent to the XSL processor by Tópico

Navigating news feed entries

To use the navigation buttons within the news feed items only, select Feed from the drop down list beside the navigation buttons in the toolbar. This selection also applies to the navigation button that are found at the top right of the editor.

To restore the normal behavior of the navigation buttons, which is to browse through all topics, select All from the same drop down list.