Title: RSS and Atom - Configuring Feeds from Traction

RSS and Atom Skins - Configuring News Feeds from Traction

Traction includes two skins that generate feeds for use with news aggregators: the RSS skin, which generates RSS 2.0 feeds; and as of Traction release 3.5, the Atom skin, which generates Atom feeds.

Traction News Feeds Are Configurable

Like other Traction skins, the RSS and Atom skins generate views that expose only those articles that a given user has permission to read, and include entries based on the active date range, project range, and other parameters.

The selected view can be as simple as the Front Page or a Project Newspage, or it contain any combination of Projects, Labels, Authors, or text.

To configure a news feed, simply navigate (via the Traction interface, Introduction to the Rapid Selector Guide command, or Advanced Search) to the view for which you would like a feed. Then copy the RSS or Atom shortcut from one of the links that appear on any Front Page, Newspage or multi-entry view. Here is what the links look like in the Mexico skin.

If you click on the RSS Feed or Atom Feed links, you will see a version of the feed that is styled for your Browser. Your RSS reader, however, will receive the appropriate XML format when it accesses the same link.

Important News Feed Tip: Many Traction URLs have a start date specified. This is done by including an sdate= parameter on the URL, e.g. &sdate=20030725 on the URL indicates that the view should start on July 25, 2003. If you generate your own RSS or Atom URL by adding &skin=rss or &skin=atom to an existing URL, you should remove the sdate parameter from the URL. This allows the start date to float to the current date, which is the default.

Permissions for RSS and Atom

If the view specified requires a login, Traction will present a Realms authentication challenge. Most news aggregators allow you to enter your authentication information at the time you set up the feed subscription. But some news aggregators may need to be configured to respond to an authentication challenge.

Configuring an XSLT Stylesheet for the RSS and Atom Feeds

See the sections RSS-to-HTML XSL Stylesheet and Atom-to-HTML XSL Stylesheet for details.

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