Permissions:
To perform the tasks in this chapter, you must be granted the WebLogic Server Admin role through the Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console and the Administrator role granted through WebCenter Portal Administration.
For more information about roles and permissions, see Understanding Administrative Operations, Roles, and Tools.
The RSS functionality encompasses a RSS Viewer and RSS service that shows news feeds from various WebCenter Portal tools and services. The RSS Viewer enables users to view external news feeds from different web sites inside WebCenter Portal. RSS also delivers content update information from various portal resources including discussions, lists, and announcements.
RSS functionality does not require any back-end server. You do not need to set up a connection to use it. However, depending on your network configuration, you may need to set up a proxy server to enable WebCenter Portal to display content from external RSS news feeds.
To enable external RSS news feeds in WebCenter Portal, you must set up a proxy server.
A proxy server is also required if you want to display external links in Activity Stream task flows. Both RSS and the activity stream share the same proxy server settings.
You can configure a proxy server by using either Fusion Middleware Control or WLST.
After setting up the proxy server for the RSS Viewer, you can test the connection to make sure you can access external RSS feeds. To test the RSS connection, you need to add the RSS task flow to a portal page and set the URL to an external RSS feed. If the RSS feed displays correctly, proxy configuration is set up properly. For information about adding the RSS task flow and editing the URL, see Adding RSS News Feeds to a Portal in Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal.