The RSSFeeder extension introduces a special page that provides RSS feeds for many aspects of the wiki.
Special Page
BlueSpiceRSSFeeder is accessed via the page Special:RSS_Feeder
Getting the RSS Feed URL
After clicking "View" next to one of the feed types, a new page will open with the URL that provides the feed. Use this URL to connect client apps (e.g., RSS Feedreader) for monitoring RSS feeds.
This link automatically logs the user into the wiki, allowing access to content that is unavailable even to anonymous users.
Types of Feeds
The special page offers many different types of information to display:
- Recent Changes - Feed with an overview of recent changes to the wiki
- Own contributions - Feed with an overview of the user's personal contributions to the wiki
- Page - Updates for a single page to be monitored can be selected from the provided combo box
- Namespace - Feed with updates for a single namespace - The namespace to be monitored can be selected from the provided combo box
- Category - Feed with updates for a single category to be monitored - The category can be selected from the provided combo box
- Watchlist - Feed with various types of data for the pages in the user's watchlist
Whitelist for external RSS feeds
External RSS feeds can be included on a wiki page using the <rss> tag. However, an administrator must first whitelist the feed URL via the Configuration Manager.
- URL whitelist: RSS feeds need to be whitelisted here by an administrator before they can be displayed in a wiki page.
- Maximum number of allowed redirects: If there are URL redirects for any of the whitelisted URLs, the number of redirects needs to be adjusted (usually to 1 or 2).
