RSS

The following channel-specific fields are shown for RSS channels:

•      Web publish site: you must select a web publish site with which to configure the RSS channel.  The property initially displays the text ‘Choose publish location’.  You can click the property to choose a web publish site or folder therein using the Choose Publish Location dialog.

•      Account name: this mandatory property represents the name of the account that will be used to log into FeedPress.  Note that FeedPress is used to track the count of the subscriptions to and reads of the RSS document. This is done by replacing the document's links with tracking links when the original RSS URL is passed to FeedPress.  By using the feed alias, RPI can request subscriber and read counts from FeedPress.

•      API key: also mandatory, this property is used to persist the API key generated by FeedPress.

•      Authorization: an RSS channel must be authorized by FeedPress before being able to be used.  A read-only label displays one of the following:

o  If the channel has yet to be authorized successfully, 'The connection to FeedPress is not authorized' (this is the initial status).

o  If the channel has been authorized successfully, 'The connection to FeedPress has been authorized'.

A button is also displayed. 

o  ‘Click here to authorize RPI' button enabled when mandatory fields and well-formed Redirect URI are provided.

o  When the RSS channel has yet to be authorized successfully, its text is ‘Click here to authorize RPI'.  Invocation opens you default web browser, in which is displayed a FeedPress authorization page.

You can enter a FeedPress username and password in the Login section.  Having done so, click login; redirect URI is displayed.

Copy the URL and return to RPI, where a Verification URL property will now be displayed.

Paste in the URL you copied and click the Get access token button.  The RSS channel will now be authorized.

o  When the RSS channel has been authorized successfully, its text is ‘Click here to reset the authorization token’.  Invocation resets the RSS channel’s authorization status to Not authorized and changes the button text to Click here to authorize RPI.  If you elect to authorize the channel again, you may not have to provide credentials if having done so successfully previously.