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Managing feeds

Like many web sites and applications, the Jive application provides the ability for users to subscribe to a content digest by using a feed. By subscribing to a feed and using a feed reader (also known as a feed aggregator or news reader), users can discover what has changed in the application without having to visit the application. Feeds provide data about content in a format that a feed reader can use.

Fastpath

Admin Console: System > Settings > Feeds

Enabling and Configuring Feeds​

To enable and configure feeds:

  1. In the Admin Console, go to System > Settings > Feeds.

  2. To enable the feeds, set Enable Feeds to Enabled.

  3. In Author Format, select how the author information must be sent in RSS 1.0 and RSS 2.0 feeds: in a <dc:creator> or <author> element.

  4. In Basic Authentication, select if basic authentication is required or not. If you have an internal community (for example, communities that typically involve only employees or other internal audiences), basic authentication is required by default.

  5. In Default Format, select the feed format. Jive offers feeds in three formats: RSS (Really Simple Syndication), Atom, and JSON (Javascript Object Notation). Each of these carries the feed data differently.

  6. Click Save Settings.

Note: If you have SSO enabled in your community, feeds are not supported because the feed reader cannot follow HTTP redirects for authentication.

Note: For users to use the links available in feeds, you must specify the public web path to your installation in the jiveURL property. This is necessary to support links to it from the content listed in the feeds. Typically, you set the jiveURL when you're setting up or by using the Admin Console. For more information, see Changing community URL.

  • Available feeds Jive offers feeds in three formats: RSS (Really Simple Syndication), Atom, and JSON (Javascript Object Notation). Each of these carries the feed data differently.

  • Configuring Feeds Feeds are enabled by default. From the Admin Console, you can turn feeds on or off, specify which format should be available and whether users (via their feed readers) should be required to send a username and password with feed requests.

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Configuring community