RSS Viewer

Do you need an easy way to display your RSS feed content?

...without requiring your users to install newsreaders or you to learn to XML

RSS Viewer showing items added
to catalogue last 60 days

You know how valuable RSS feeds can be in providing up-to-the-minute news, but how do you make this information accessible to your users? Many of them aren’t familiar with newsreaders and may not have access to email plug ins. Andornot’s RSS Viewer is designed to let you insert the latest feed content into your web pages so that as it changes, your website automatically changes too.

The news feeds could be from national or local sources, syndicated content from your industry, journal table of contents, blogs by leaders in your profession, or even from your Inmagic database.

The RSS Viewer gives you a simple way of providing access to this dynamic web content and it is quick to set up and maintain.

It is easy to keep your site fresh!

• You can provide your users with easy access to the latest information without the need to install extra software on each desktop.
• Allow your users to choose when they want to read the latest news rather than clogging inboxes with countless emails.
• There are now thousands of feeds available and you can use a digest service to narrow down the results and tailor them to your users.
• There is no limit to the number of feeds you can display or the number of web pages where you can display them.
• Your users will be impressed at how up to date your site is – no need to tell them it all happens automatically!

What does the display look like?

RSS Viewer showing top 3 items
from the Andornot News blog

We have set up our own home page to use the RSS Viewer to automatically display the content from four different sources, including feeds from our two blogs, and two WebPublisher PRO databases.

Behind the scenes there is a template which governs the layout of the date, title, description (not shown here), the link to the original piece, as well as the format of each item. The number of entries shown can be set individually for each feed as can the caching to reduce server load and improve page render time.

Which feed formats work with the Viewer?

The viewer supports RSS 0.9 to RSS 2.0 formats. It does not support Atom at this time, though support for Atom is planned for future releases.

Use of a feed service like FeedBurner is recommended. A feed service can convert feed formats on the fly, optimize them and run stats on subscribers. An Atom feed can be converted to RSS through FeedBurner. You can also use services like Feed Digest to mix, blend and sort feed content.

Inmagic WebPublisher PRO feeds

The links reach right into your database.

If you have Inmagic’s WebPublisher PRO software, you can use the RSS Viewer in association with the Andornot RSS Control to publish the latest additions to your Inmagic databases.

Want to see it in action?

Take a look at the Andornot Home page for RSS feeds from two blogs and two Inmagic databases.

Worried about implementation?

Andornot can guide you through the process or can take care of all the installation and implementation for you on a consulting basis. If you wish to handle this yourself, we recommend:

• a good understanding of webservers and IIS, or assistance from IT staff for the installation (usually less than 1 hour).
• good HTML skills to add and modify the provided code.

How much does the RSS Viewer cost?

The Andornot RSS Viewer is priced at $275 or $500 if purchased with the Andornot RSS Control.

System Requirements

• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 or above

For more information and pricing, email or call us.