Register Syndicated Feeds (RSS/Atom)

For syndicated feeds that use SSL endpoint security, a MashZone NextGen administrator must configure MashZone NextGen for SSL and digital certificates before you register the feed.

If normalization is enabled forMashZone NextGen to one of the RSS or Atom web feed standards, you can only register syndicated feeds that use a version of that standard. Register feeds in the alternate format as REST web services.

Note: In earlier releases, feed normalization was enabled by default. Normalization is disabled, butMashZone NextGen administrators can turn this on if desired.

1. Select Connect > Feed in the MashZone NextGen Hub main menu.

2. Enter a unique Name for this web feed.MashZone NextGenuses this name to assign a unique ID. For more information, see What are valid artifact names and IDs?.

3. Enter the full Feed URL to this feed.

4. Add metadata for this mashable, such as a description or category. For more information, see Descriptions, Providers, Categories and Tags for Artifacts external.

5. If this mashable information source requires authentication information when you run it, choose the Security Profile to use for authentication and complete the fields for this profile. See Mashable Authentication with Security Profiles for details.

MashZone NextGen validates the URL, registers the mashable and turns this mashable information source on (by default). Then, either:

Grant permissions to run this mashable to other users and groups:

Choose the mashable-wide Service >> mashable name permissions section to grant run permissions to all operations. Or expand a specific Operation >> operation name section to grant run permissions for just that operation.

Click on a user or group in the Search result list to add them to the list of Principals with permissions.

To allow other users to work with this mashable, you must grant run permissions at a later time.

Note: Some groups or users may already be listed as Principals with permissions. These users and groups have been defined by a MashZone NextGen administrator to grant permission automatically.

You can open the artifact page for this new mashable to run the mashable, add views, take snapshots, create basic apps based on this mashable, edit the mashable, turn it off or grant permissions to other users to work with it.