25 Monitoring RSS Feeds
This chapter describes how to use RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds in a portal. RSS provides the ability to publish content from WebCenter Portal as news feeds in RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 formats. News feeds deliver content update information to your favorite RSS or Atom reader. In addition, RSS enables you to view news feeds from external sources on your portal pages in an RSS Viewer.
This chapter includes the following topics:
Permissions:
This chapter is intended for WebCenter Portal users interested in publishing news feeds from WebCenter Portal and external sources. The tasks described in this chapter are available to any WebCenter Portal user.
To view RSS feeds from other features, such as announcements and discussions, you must have the required permissions for those features.
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The portal moderator has the authority to expose or hide some portal features, such as RSS news feeds, as described in the "Enabling or Disabling RSS News Feeds for a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
The portal moderator adds and configures RSS feeds, as described in the "Adding RSS Feeds to a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
25.1 About RSS
RSS exposes its features in the following ways:
25.1.1 RSS Icon
RSS news feeds deliver updated content information on discussions, lists, and announcements. Figure 25-1 shows the RSS icon available in announcements on the Announcements page or console.
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The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
25.1.2 RSS Manager
In a WebCenter Portal, you can obtain news feeds in two ways:
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From features, such as announcements, discussions, activity stream, lists, as described in Section 25.2, "Obtaining Tool News Feeds."
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From external feeds using the RSS Manager, as described in Section 25.1.3, "RSS View."
You can access the RSS Manager by clicking the RSS link at the bottom of WebCenter Portal (Figure 25-2).
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The RSS link is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal. See the "Adding RSS Feeds to a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
The RSS Manager displays nodes for all the portals for which RSS feeds have been enabled (Figure 25-3).
Figure 25-3 Expanded Portal Nodes in the RSS Manager
Description of "Figure 25-3 Expanded Portal Nodes in the RSS Manager"
Expand a portal node to obtain both RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 news feeds from individual tools.
Your portal moderator must enable RSS news feed for a portal before you can obtain feed URLs from it. For more information, see the "Enabling or Disabling RSS News Feeds for a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal. Additionally, your reader of choice must support HTTP authentication.
When you access a news feed item in your reader of choice, the item links back into WebCenter Portal. Because WebCenter Portal itself requires authentication before you can access much of its content, your reader must be equipped to pass your login credentials to securely deliver access.
The level of detail provided through a tool news feed depends on the feed source. For example, when you pull a news feed for recently added or modified announcements, your news reader provides the announcement titles and (if available) shows descriptions of the most recently added or modified announcements (Figure 25-4).
The announcement titles in a feed are linked. Click an announcement title, and it takes you back into your portal with the selected announcement content displayed (Figure 25-5).
Figure 25-5 An Announcement Opened from an RSS Feed and Displayed in a Portal
Description of "Figure 25-5 An Announcement Opened from an RSS Feed and Displayed in a Portal"
In contrast, when you pull a news feed from a particular list, it shows recently added or revised row details and provides links to individual rows. When you click such a link, it also takes you back into your portal, with the list content displayed.
The news feeds you obtain from WebCenter Portal are context-aware, providing content only from the portal from which they originate. For example, if you provide a list feed from the Finance portal, your news reader displays list content that is unique to the Finance portal. If you add a list feed from the Languages portal, your news reader displays list content that is unique to the Languages portal.
RSS delivers news feeds from the following tools:
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Recent Activities
The recent activity news feed tracks updates to your portal that are normally reflected in a Recent Activity list and that have occurred within the last three days. See Section 25.2.1, "Obtaining the Recent Activities News Feed" for more information.
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Discussions
The discussion forums news feed tracks updates to all discussion forums in a particular portal. See Section 25.2.2, "Obtaining the Discussion Forums News Feed" for more information.
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Lists
There are two types of news feeds that can be delivered from lists—all newly created or changed lists in a portal and revisions to the data of a particular list in a portal (from the Lists page). The news feed content depends on where you get the news feed URL. See Section 25.2.3, "Obtaining List News Feeds" for more information.
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Announcements
The announcements news feed tracks additions and revisions to announcements from a particular portal, from all portals, or application-wide, depending on the location of the feed source. See Section 25.2.4, "Obtaining the Announcements News Feed" for more information.
You can obtain news feed URLs for all applicable tools either from the RSS Manager or from the appropriate tool.
25.1.3 RSS View
RSS allows you to view a news feed from a site external to your portal (Figure 25-6).
Your portal moderator can configure RSS to display content from any external RSS feed. See the "Editing the Feed Location of an RSS Task Flow" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal. Additionally, WebCenter Portal supports login credential passing, by using an external application. See Section 3.7, "Providing Login Information for External Applications."
Accessing External Applications
Each time you access a secure news feed item, you must log on to that secure application to view content. You can either supply login credentials each time you access an application, or let an external application store and manage your login credentials. After your credentials for a particular application are stored, you are logged in to that application automatically when you log in to WebCenter Portal. You can provide this capability for all frequently used external applications.
Perform the steps listed in Section 3.7, "Providing Login Information for External Applications" if the secured application you want to access is not registered as an external application.
25.2 Obtaining Tool News Feeds
Each participating tool provides news feeds from locations unique to that tool.
This section steps you through obtaining those feeds. It includes the following topics:
25.2.1 Obtaining the Recent Activities News Feed
Use news feeds from recent activities to keep track of the wide range of activity happening in one or more portals within the last three days. To consume a portal's Recent Activities news feed, you must be a member of the selected portal and the portal must be enabled to provide news feeds.
WebCenter Portal provides two locations for pulling a news feed from recent activities: the RSS Manager and the Recent Activity view.
Both the RSS Manager and the Recent Activity viewer provide the same news feed content: additions or revisions to portals and portal pages, documents, discussion forums, lists, and so on.
Assuming a default configuration, a news feed URL from a Recent Activity view in a portal provides information about the activity in that portal. A news feed URL from a Recent Activity view in your Home portal provides information about the activities in a particular portal.
This section describes how to obtain a news feed for recent activities from both the locations, the RSS Manager and the Recent Activity view. It contains the following topics:
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Section 25.2.1.1, "Obtaining a Recent Activity News Feed URL from the RSS Manager"
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Section 25.2.1.2, "Obtaining a News Feed URL from the Recent Activity View"
25.2.1.1 Obtaining a Recent Activity News Feed URL from the RSS Manager
The RSS Manager provides news feeds for both RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 news readers. It lists all RSS-enabled portals of which you are a member. Each listed portal can be expanded to display the tools for which it offers news feeds (Figure 25-7).
Figure 25-7 Recent Activity for a Portal in the RSS Manager
Description of "Figure 25-7 Recent Activity for a Portal in the RSS Manager"
To obtain a Recent Activity list news feed URL from the RSS Manager:
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Click the RSS link at the bottom of WebCenter Portal (Figure 25-8).
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The RSS link is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
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If required, expand the node of the portal for which you want to monitor recent activities.
You can expand a portal node by clicking the Expand icon or by right-clicking the portal name and selecting the Expand option from the resulting context menu.
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Under the relevant portal, right-click the RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 icon next to Recent Activity, and, from the resulting browser context menu, select the copy-link command.
The command you select depends on your current browser. For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
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Go to your news reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the news reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 3 into the relevant field in your news reader.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
25.2.1.2 Obtaining a News Feed URL from the Recent Activity View
The Recent Activity view has its own RSS icon. Using this icon, you can get the Recent Activity list news feed URL. Recent Activity RSS feeds provide the same information that you can find in a Recent Activity list. This includes additions or revisions to pages, documents, discussion forums, lists, and so on. The news feed tracks activity occurring over the last three days.
For an RSS icon to be active in a Recent Activity view, you must be a member of the portal from which you want to obtain the news feed and news feeds must be enabled for the relevant portal.
To obtain a Recent Activity list news feed URL from the Recent Activity list:
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Go to the Home portal or the portal that contains the Recent Activity list from which you want to obtain an RSS feed.
See Section 7.4, "Viewing and Accessing Available Portals" for information about navigating to a portal.
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Right-click the RSS icon in the toolbar of the Recent Activity list (Figure 25-9), and from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
The command you select depends on your current browser. For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-9 RSS Icon in Recent Activities
Description of "Figure 25-9 RSS Icon in Recent Activities"
Alternatively, drag the RSS icon onto your news reader of choice. This may allow you to omit the other steps in this procedure. If you use the drag-and-drop method, you may have to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 2 into the relevant field in your RSS reader.
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The news feed URL in a Recent Activity view is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, do either of the following:
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Append
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Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.1.1, "Obtaining a Recent Activity News Feed URL from the RSS Manager" for more information.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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25.2.2 Obtaining the Discussion Forums News Feed
Use discussion forum news feeds to keep track of additions and revisions to a selected portal's discussions. There are three locations from which to obtain discussion forums news feed URLs: the RSS Manager, the Discussions page (or console), and the Discussion Forums view. All discussion RSS and Atom URLs provide the same feed; that is, additions and revisions to all discussions in a selected portal.
This section contains the following topics:
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Section 25.2.2.1, "Obtaining a Discussion Forum News Feed from the RSS Manager"
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Section 25.2.2.2, "Obtaining a News Feed from the Discussions Page"
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Section 25.2.2.3, "Obtaining a News Feed from a Discussion Forums View"
25.2.2.1 Obtaining a Discussion Forum News Feed from the RSS Manager
The RSS Manager provides discussion forum news feeds for both RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 news readers. Select a feed from any news-feed-enabled portal of which you are a member. Use discussion forum news feeds to track additions and revisions to a selected portal's discussion forums.
To obtain a discussion forum news feed URL from the RSS Manager:
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Click the RSS link at the bottom of WebCenter Portal (Figure 25-10).
Note:
The RSS link is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
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In RSS Manager, if required, expand the node of the portal that contains the discussions you want to use as a news feed.
You can expand a portal node by clicking the Expand icon to the left of it or by right-clicking the portal name and selecting an expand option from the resulting context menu.
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Right-click the RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 icon next to Discussions (Figure 25-11), and, from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-11 RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 Icons Next to a Discussions Node in the RSS Manager
Description of "Figure 25-11 RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 Icons Next to a Discussions Node in the RSS Manager"
Alternatively, if you drag the RSS icon onto a news reader, you can avoid most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your news reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the news reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 3 into the relevant field in your preferred news reader.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
25.2.2.2 Obtaining a News Feed from the Discussions Page
The Discussions page (or console) provides a convenient location for grabbing a news feed URL while monitoring discussions.
To get an RSS URL for all discussions of a portal from the Discussions page:
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Go to the portal that contains the discussion forums you want to use as an RSS feed.
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Click Discussions on the navigation bar to open the Discussions page (or console).
The Discussions page is available in a portal if Discussions is enabled and a Discussions page has been added by the portal moderator. For information about enabling tools in a portal, see the "Enabling and Disabling Tools and Services Available to a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
If the Discussions page is not shown, you can open the Personalize Pages page to show the Discussions page in your view of the portal. See Section 7.12.1, "Showing or Hiding Pages in Your View of a Portal" for more information. To expose the Discussions page to all portal members, the portal moderator needs to add the page link to the portal navigation, as described in the "Adding an Existing Page to the Portal Navigation" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
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Right-click the RSS icon on the Discussions page (Figure 25-12), and from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
Note:
The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-12 RSS Icon on a Discussions Page
Description of "Figure 25-12 RSS Icon on a Discussions Page"
Alternatively, if you drag the RSS icon onto your news reader, you can avoid most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 3 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
Note:
The news feed URL on the Discussions page is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, then do either of the following:
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Append
&format=ATOM1.0to the RSS news feed URL you pasted. -
Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.2, "Obtaining the Discussion Forums News Feed" for more information.
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25.2.2.3 Obtaining a News Feed from a Discussion Forums View
The Discussion Forums view provides another location from where you can obtain a discussions news feed for a selected portal. The placement of this view within a portal is at the discretion of the portal's moderator. But, wherever you find it, an RSS icon is available to provide you with an RSS news feed URL. This section describes how to use it.
To obtain a news feed URL from a Discussion Forums view:
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Go to the page in the portal that contains discussion forums.
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Right-click the RSS icon on the view (Figure 25-13), and, from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
Note:
The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-13 RSS Icon in a Discussion Forums View
Description of "Figure 25-13 RSS Icon in a Discussion Forums View"
Alternatively, if you drag the RSS icon onto your news reader, you can avoid most of the other steps.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 2 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
Note:
The news feed URL in the Discussions view is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, do either of the following:
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Append
&format=ATOM1.0to the RSS news feed URL you pasted. -
Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.2, "Obtaining the Discussion Forums News Feed" for more information.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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25.2.3 Obtaining List News Feeds
Lists provide a vital form of tracking that can be used to track just about everything within an organization. For example, a group might want a membership list that outlines assigned roles and contact information. A project lead might set up a list that tracks issue resolution.
It follows that it would be useful to track creation of and revisions to such lists from one convenient location: your favorite news reader.
Lists provides two options for keeping track of changes through a news reader:
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Keep track of all recently added or modified lists in a given portal.
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Keep track of recently added or modified data rows in a given list.
You can obtain the news feed URL for lists from three locations: the RSS Manager, the Lists page, and any Lists view on a given page. The RSS Manager and the Lists page provide access to both types of Lists feeds. Individual List views provide feeds for data changes to the rows of the displayed list.
This section describes how to obtain a news feed for recently added or modified list rows or lists from a selected portal. It includes the following topics:
25.2.3.1 Obtaining a List News Feed from the RSS Manager
The RSS Manager provides two types of list news feeds: a feed of recently added or revised lists in a portal and a feed of recent data changes to the rows of one particular list. Additionally, the RSS Manager provides feeds for an RSS 2.0 reader and an Atom 1.0 reader. The main requirement for any news reader you use is that it supports HTTP authentication (for more information, see Section 25.1, "About RSS").
To obtain a list news feed from the RSS Manager:
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Click the RSS button at the bottom of WebCenter Portal (Figure 25-14).
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The RSS link is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
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In the RSS Manager, expand the node for the portal that contains the lists from which to obtain an RSS feed.
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Right-click the RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 icon next to Lists to get RSS feeds for all lists in the portal (Figure 25-15), and from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
Note:
The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-15 Lists Node on the RSS Manager Page
Description of "Figure 25-15 Lists Node on the RSS Manager Page"
Alternatively, if you drag the news feed icon onto your reader you can omit most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 3 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
25.2.3.2 Obtaining a News Feed from the Lists Page
The Lists page is available in a portal if Lists is enabled and the Lists page (or console) has been added by the portal moderator. For information about enabling tools in a portal, see the "Enabling and Disabling Tools and Services Available to a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
If Lists is enabled and the page (or console) added to the portal, the Lists page contains all the lists available in your portal. As you navigate through portal pages in your WebCenter Portal, you may come across a list you find particularly informative, for example, a list of project issues. It may be useful to you to track recent additions and revisions to such a list. Each list comes with its own RSS news feed, making it easy to subscribe to the list.
This section describes how to obtain news feed URLs from the Lists page (or console). Note that the Lists page provides news feeds for RSS 2.0 readers only. If you want to obtain a feed for an Atom 1.0 news reader, use the RSS Manager.
To obtain a news feed from the Lists page:
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Go to the portal that contains the list you want to track.
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Navigate to the Lists page or console (if available) and open the required list.
If the Lists page (or console) is not shown, you can open the Personalize Pages page to show the Lists page in your view of the portal. See Section 7.12.1, "Showing or Hiding Pages in Your View of a Portal" for more information. To expose the Lists page to all portal members, the portal moderator needs to add the page link to the portal navigation, as described in the "Adding an Existing Page to the Portal Navigation" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
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Right-click the RSS icon (Figure 25-16), and from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
Note:
The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Alternatively, if you drag the news feed icon onto your reader you can omit most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 3 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
Note:
The news feed URL on the Lists page is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, do either of the following:
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Append
&format=ATOM1.0to the RSS news feed URL you pasted. -
Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.3.1, "Obtaining a List News Feed from the RSS Manager" for more information.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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25.2.3.3 Obtaining a News Feed from Lists
Each Lists view provides RSS news feeds for recent additions and revisions to all of the lists it contains and also for recent data changes to the rows of an individual list.
To obtain a news feed from a Lists view:
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Go to the portal that contains the list you want to track.
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To obtain a news feed of data changes to the rows of an individual list, display the list in the right pane by selecting the list name from the left pane (Figure 25-17), then right-click the RSS icon in the right pane, and select the copy-link command from the resulting context menu.
Note:
The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Alternatively, if you drag the RSS icon onto your news reader you can omit most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 2 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
Note:
The news feed URL in the List view is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, do either of the following:
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Append
&format=ATOM1.0to the RSS news feed URL you pasted. -
Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.3.1, "Obtaining a List News Feed from the RSS Manager" for more information.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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25.2.4 Obtaining the Announcements News Feed
Announcements are excellent candidates for news feeds. Usually they are short, concise, and full of timely and valuable information. If you are a member of multiple portals, it would be convenient to be able to access all announcements from one location: your favorite news reader.
You can obtain an announcement news feed from three locations: the RSS Manager, the Announcements page (or console), and an Announcements view.
This section contains the following topics:
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Section 25.2.4.1, "Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager"
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Section 25.2.4.2, "Obtaining a News Feed from the Announcements Page"
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Section 25.2.4.3, "Obtaining a News Feed from the Announcements View"
25.2.4.1 Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager
The RSS Manager provides two types of feeds for announcements: RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0. Use either of these to keep track of all new and revised announcements in a particular portal.
To obtain an Announcements news feed from the RSS Manager:
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Click the RSS link at the bottom of WebCenter Portal (Figure 25-18).
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The RSS link is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
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In the RSS Manager, expand the node for the portal that contains the announcements you want to track through a news reader (Figure 25-19).
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Right-click the RSS 2.0 or Atom 1.0 icon next to Announcements (Figure 25-20), and, from the resulting context menu, select the copy-link command.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-20 Announcements Node on the RSS Page
Description of "Figure 25-20 Announcements Node on the RSS Page"
Alternatively, if you drag the news feed icon onto your reader, you can omit most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 3 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
25.2.4.2 Obtaining a News Feed from the Announcements Page
The Announcement Manager is exposed from the Announcements page (or console) in WebCenter Portal. You can use it to create and revise announcements and to obtain an announcements news feed URL.
Unlike the RSS Manager, the Announcement Manager provides a news feed only for RSS 2.0 news readers. If you prefer an Atom 1.0 feed, use the RSS Manager to obtain the feed URL. See Section 25.2.4.1, "Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager" for more information.
To obtain a news feed from the Announcements page:
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Open the Announcements page or console.
The Announcements page (or console) is available in a portal if Announcements is enabled and the Announcements page has been added by the portal moderator. For information about enabling tools in a portal, see the "Enabling and Disabling Tools and Services Available to a Portal" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
If the Announcements page (or console) is not shown, you can open the Personalize Pages page to show the Announcements page in your view of the portal. See Section 7.12.1, "Showing or Hiding Pages in Your View of a Portal" for more information. To expose the Announcements page to all portal members, the portal moderator needs to add the page link to the portal navigation, as described in the "Adding an Existing Page to the Portal Navigation" section in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
For information about announcements, see Chapter 23, "Working with Announcements."
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You can also access the Announcement Manager by clicking the Open Announcement Manager icon in the Announcements view. This icon is not displayed in the Announcements view if you do not have the required privileges.
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Right-click the RSS icon on the right on the Announcements page or console (Figure 25-21), and select the copy-link command from the resulting context menu.
Note:
The RSS icon is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-21 RSS Icon on the Announcements Page
Description of "Figure 25-21 RSS Icon on the Announcements Page"
Alternatively, if you drag the news feed icon onto your reader, you can omit most of the other steps. You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 2 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
Note:
The news feed URL on the Announcements page is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, do either of the following:
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Append
&format=ATOM1.0to the RSS news feed URL you pasted. -
Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.4.1, "Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager" for more information.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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25.2.4.3 Obtaining a News Feed from the Announcements View
Announcements also provide access to a news feed URL. Like the Announcements page, the view provides feeds only for RSS 2.0 news readers. If you prefer an Atom 1.0 feed, use the RSS Manager to obtain the feed URL. See Section 25.2.4.1, "Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager" for more information.
To obtain a news feed from the Announcements view:
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Go to the page that contains the Announcements view.
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Right-click the RSS icon on the Announcements view (Figure 25-22), and select the copy-link command from the resulting context menu.
Note:
The RSS link is not available if the portal moderator has not enabled RSS in the portal.
For example, in the Firefox browser, the copy-link command is Copy Link Location. In the Internet Explorer browser, the copy-link command is Copy Shortcut.
Figure 25-22 RSS Icon in the Announcements View
Description of "Figure 25-22 RSS Icon in the Announcements View"
Alternatively, if you drag the news feed icon onto your reader you can omit most of the other steps. You may require to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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Go to your RSS reader and initiate an add-subscription action.
How you do this depends on the RSS reader you use.
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Paste the link you copied in step 2 into the relevant field in your preferred RSS reader.
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The news feed URL in the Announcements view is for RSS 2.0 news readers only. If you prefer to use an Atom 1.0 news reader, do either of the following:
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Get the Atom 1.0 URL from the RSS Manager and use that URL here. See Section 25.2.4.1, "Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager" for more information.
You may need to enter your WebCenter Portal credentials. See Section 25.1, "About RSS" for more information.
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25.3 Refreshing RSS
The RSS component, along with other page components, gets refreshed with every server request. However, as the content from news feeds may be dynamic, you have the option of refreshing RSS yourself by clicking the Refresh icon (Figure 25-23), when required.
To see the latest RSS feeds, click the Refresh icon (Figure 25-23).
Note:
Do not click the Reload or Refresh button in your browser. Click the Refresh icon to update your view.
The view updates and displays latest data from the external source.
25.4 Removing RSS Feeds
If the Remove icon is available, you can delete the RSS component from a page by using the Remove icon (Figure 25-24). Portal moderators can specify the remove setting for the RSS view. See the "Deleting the RSS Task Flow" section inOracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.
When you click the Remove icon, the Delete Component dialog opens. Click Delete in this dialog to delete the RSS component from the page.