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We provide many methods of keeping your audience informed about your most recent feed and blog updates. Click the titles below to see more information about each so you can decide what's best for you.
Automatic
Automatic newsfeeds (Tip - Turn on if you want newsfeeds on your wall when you update your feed)
Automatic newsfeeds are set up when you edit your settings.
What are newsfeeds?
Newsfeeds are stories which appear on your page/profile wall and on your friends home pages.
Advantages
Automatic newsfeeds will be sent every time we discover that you have updated your feed/blog.
It means you don't need to use any of the manual update methods unless you wish to.
The newsfeeds sent will always show on your page/profile wall.
Disadvantages
There is no guarantee that the newsfeed will show on your friends home pages. This is up to Facebook.
Recommendations
If you use this feature it is recommended that you allow RSS-Connect to publish specific story sizes automatically without prompting. This gives your stories a better chance of showing on your friends home pages. Follow the instructions below if you wish to do this. The settings can be changed back at any time.
- Hover over settings and click RSS-Connect.
- Select "Allow RSS-Connect to publish specific story sizes automatically without prompting"
- Select "Full" and click "OK".
Subscription service (Tip - Turn on for all your feeds)
The subscription service is set up when you edit your settings.
What is the subscription service?
If you select "Yes" for subscription on any of your feeds, a link will appear at the top of your feed which says "subscribe."
If someone viewing your page/profile likes your feed and wishes to be kept updated regularly with the new stories they click "subscribe."
We will then automatically send newsfeeds to them when your feed has been updated.
The story will link the subscriber to your page/profile and the feed which has been updated.
Advantages
This is the best way of letting your core audience know your feed has been updated.
It's automatic. Once you click "Yes" for subscription you can sit back and relax!
disadvantages
People have to opt in to receive these newsfeeds and can opt-out at any time.
Manual
Publisher (Tip - Use to promote feed items on your profile. This tool is not available for pages yet.)
The publisher tool is accessible from your profile wall or your friends walls. If you can't see RSS-Connect, click the blue down arrow displayed in this preview.
What does it do?
The publisher allows you to create a custom story for your profile wall. You can pick which item in your feed you wish to promote, create a custom heading and custom body text for your story. The title of your story must always start with your name. Eg. Paul has just updated his blog.
Advantages
Builds a completely customisable story, you don't need to use any of our templates.
You can use html and css to enhance the styling of the story if you wish.
disadvantages
The story is less likely to appear on your friends home pages compared to the automatic newsfeeds.
Share button (Tip - Use to target specific friends with specific feed items)
The "Share" button is set up when you edit your settings
Where is it?
Displayed at the base of each item in your feed.
What does it do?
Used to publish a story about an item to your profile wall.
It is also used to send a message to a selection of friends with a link to the specific item helping you promote your story.
Send to... button (Tip - Use to promote your feed items on other social sites)
The "send to..." button is set up when you edit your settings
Where is it?
Displayed at the base of each item in your feed.
What does it do?
Sends a particular item to any social site on the Web which you are a member of. This will help you to promote your stories across the Web.
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