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RSS stands for "Really simple syndication".
RSS allows you to import content to your wiki from RSS Feeds.
It also allows you to syndicate your content to other wikis.
Third, it allows you to keep informed of changes to wikis.
Information about the ongoing collaboration for this page can be found here.
Keep Informed of Changes to Wikis Using RSS
RSS Feeds Provided By Wikidot
These feeds are automatically provided by Wikidot for each wiki-name.wikidot.com Wiki. They work no matter whether an appropriate link is provided on the site or not (i. e. you can simply enter them into your RSS reader and they will work).
| Tracks on wiki-name.wikidot.com… | RSS Feed |
|---|---|
| any changes to pages | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/site-changes.xml |
| any new forum thread | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/forum/threads.xml |
| any new forum post | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/forum/posts.xml |
| any new posts to thread number thread-nr | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/forum/t-thread-nr.xml |
| any new posts to category number category-nr | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/forum/cp-category-nr.xml |
| any new threads in category number category-nr | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/forum/ct-category-nr.xml |
The following RSS feed needs authentication. To use this feed, you must be admin1 of the wiki-name site. You'll find username and password to authenticate with on My account, Watched ..., Via RSS feed or on My account, Account settings under heading “Notifications — online & private RSS & email”.
| Tracks on wiki-name.wikidot.com… | RSS Feed |
|---|---|
| if a new member applies, a new member joins, or has accepted the invitation | http://wiki-name.wikidot.com/feed/admin.xml |
Wikidot RSS Feeds You Can Configure
If you want to be informed of changes to specific pages from one or more Wikidot Wikis, you can mark those pages by adding them to your “Watched pages”. To set a page “watched”, open it, click on the “history” option at the bottom, and then click on “add to watched”. Note that you can not watch more than 10 pages.
Similar to the above, if you want to be informed of new posts to specific threads from one or more Wikidot Wikis, you can mark those threads by adding them to your “Watched discussions”. To set a thread “watched”, open it, click on “ +more options” an the top, then click on “add to watched”. Note that you can not watch more than 10 threads.
You can check which pages and/or threads you've added to “Watched” by going to My account and clicking on Watched ... Pages or Watched ... Discussions.
To set up an RSS feed for your watched pages and threads, go to My account and click on Watched ... Via RSS feed where you'll find the following RSS feeds. Note that these feeds need authentication. On the same page you'll also find userid and password that you should supply for authentication.
| Watch… | RSS Feed |
|---|---|
| pages | http://www.wikidot.com/feed/watched/page-changes.xml |
| discussions/threads | http://www.wikidot.com/feed/watched/forum-posts.xml |
Other Wikidot Feeds
Depending on the Wikidot site, there may be other RSS feeds available to you. Examples are:
| Description | RSS Feed |
|---|---|
| Tracks any news on www.wikidot.com | http://www.wikidot.com/feed/front/start:start/news.xml |
| Tracks the www.wikidot.com Changelog | http://www.wikidot.com/feed/front/changelog/changelog.xml |
| Notifications related to your account (including new unread private messages) | http://www.wikidot.com/feed/account/notifications.xml |
| Tracks any news on www.wikidot.org | http://www.wikidot.org/feed/front/start/news.xml |
RSS Readers
Need a good RSS Reader? Here's a few :
- Google Reader - Online RSS Reader app from Google.
- RSS Reader - A free RSS reader.
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