Help310:Components Newsfeeds Feeds Edit

Components Help Screens

• Components Associations
• Components Associations Edit
• Components Associations Options
• Components Banners Banners
• Components Banners Banners Edit
• Components Banners Categories
• Components Banners Categories Edit
• Components Banners Clients
• Components Banners Clients Edit
• Components Banners Tracks
• Components Check in Configuration
• Components Contacts Categories
• Components Contacts Categories Edit
• Components Contacts Contacts
• Components Contacts Contacts Edit
• Components Fields Field Groups
• Components Fields Field Groups Edit
• Components Finder Manage Content Maps
• Components Finder Manage Indexed Content
• Components Finder Manage Search Filters
• Components Finder Manage Search Filters Edit
• Components Installer Configuration
• Components Joomla Update
• Components Joomla Update Configuration
• Components Language Manager Options
• Components Menus Configuration
• Components Messages Configuration
• Components Messaging Inbox
• Components Messaging Read
• Components Messaging Write
• Components Module Manager Options
• Components Newsfeeds Categories
• Components Newsfeeds Categories Edit
• Components Newsfeeds Feeds
• Components Plug-in Manager Options
• Components Redirect Manager
• Components Redirect Manager Edit
• Components Redirect Manager Options
• Components Search
• Components Search Manager Options
• Components Tags Manager
• Components Tags Manager Edit
• Components Tags Manager Options
• Components Template Manager Options
• Components Version History
• Components Web Links Manager Options
• Components Weblinks Categories
• Components Weblinks Categories Edit
• Components Weblinks Links
• Components Weblinks Links Edit
• Users Access Levels

How to Access

Navigate to the the News Feed Manager. To add a new News Feed, click the "New" icon in the toolbar. To edit an existing News Feed, click the News Feed's name, or check the news Feed's checkbox and press the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.

Description

This is where you add a new News Feed or edit an existing one. Note that you need to create at least one News Feed Category before you can create your first News Feed.

Screenshot

Details and Options

Edit News Feed

• Title. The Name of the News Feed. This field is required.

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Link. The link of this News Feed. This should normally begin with "http://".

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Article. Click to quickly add an 'Article' link to the description with a popup window.
• Image. Click to quickly add an 'Image' to the description with a popup window.
• Toggle Editor. Turns on or off the editor's description box WYSIWYG features to show HTML markup.

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Access. The viewing Access Level for this item. You can change an item's Access Level by clicking on its Title to open it up for editing.

• Language. Item's language. If you are not using the multi-language feature of Joomla, default is 'All'.

• Version Note. Optional field to identify this version of the item in the item's Version History window.

Publishing

670px

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Modified Date. (Informative only) Date of last modification.

• Modified By. (Informative only) Username who performed the last modification.
• Revision. (Informative only) Number of revisions to this item.

• ID. This is a unique identification number for this item assigned automatically by Joomla. It is used to identify the item internally, and you cannot change this number.

• Meta Description. An optional paragraph to be used as the description of the page in the HTML output. This will generally display in the results of search engines. If entered, this creates an HTML meta element with a name attribute of "description" and a content attribute equal to the entered text.

• Meta Keywords. Optional entry for keywords. Must be entered separated by commas (for example, "cats, dogs, pets") and may be entered in upper or lower case. (For example, "CATS" will match "cats" or "Cats"). Learn more about Meta Keywords.

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Robots. The instructions for web "robots" that browse to this page.
  • Use Global: Use the value set in Global Configuration → Site → Metadata Settings.
  • index, follow: Index this page and follow the links on this page.
  • noindex, follow: Do not index this page, but still follow the links on the page. For example, you might do this for a site map page where you want the links to be indexed but you don't want this page to show in search engines.
  • index, nofollow: Index this page, but do not follow any links on the page. For example, you might want to do this for an events calendar, where you want the page to show in search engines but you do not want to index each event.
  • noindex, nofollow: Do not index this page or follow any links on the page.

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

Display

• Number of Articles. The number of articles from the news feed to display on the page.
• Cache Time. The number of minutes before the system checks for new content from the news feed source.
• Language Direction. Whether the language for this feed reads from left to right or right to left.

Images

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Image. Click on Select to select an image to display with this First Image in the Frontend.

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

• Image. Click on Select to select an image to display with this Second Image in the Frontend.

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

This Page is a Candidate for Deletion

This notice should remain for a minimum of 1 week after it was placed on the page. If discussion is still ongoing, it should remain until a consensus is reached, after which the page will either be deleted or this notice removed. If you disagree with its deletion, please discuss your reasons on its associated talk page, as applicable.

Remember to check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

Last edit by MarijkeS (talk · contrib) · Last edited on Sun, 01 May 2016 08:04:13 +0000

Toolbar

At the top you will see the toolbar:

News Feeds: New:

The functions are:

• Save. Saves the news feed and stays in the current screen.

• Save & Close. Saves the news feed and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the news feed and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another news feed.

• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

News Feeds: Edit:

The functions are:

• Save. Saves the news feed and stays in the current screen.

• Save & Close. Saves the news feed and closes the current screen.

• Save & New. Saves the news feed and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another news feed.

• Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current news feed. Does not affect the current news feed.
  Note: This toolbar icon is only shown if you edit an existing news feed.

• Versions. Opens the news feed Version History window to show any prior versions of this item. This allows you to view older versions of this item and, if desired, restore from an older version. Learn more about Version History.

• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.

• Help. Opens this help screen.

Quick Tips

• A News Feed category must be added before any News Feed can be created.

Related Information

• To add or edit News Feed Categories: News Feed Category Manager