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Carousel Cloud and RSS Feeds

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RSS stands for real simple syndication. Many major websites provide RSS feeds that will push out informational text, which can be displayed in a Carousel Cloud RSS bulletin.

Please Note:

  • We check RSS feeds for updates every 15 minutes

  • Using third-party tools to generate an RSS feed (rss.app, fetchrss, zapier, etc.) may work, but we can not directly support these third-party feeds if they do not work as expected in Carousel Cloud

  • If you have an authenticated RSS feed, navigate to the end of this article and review the Authenticated RSS Feeds section for further configuration instructions

How it Works

Creating the RSS Bulletin in Carousel Cloud

  1. In Carousel Cloud, navigate to your desired zone for displaying the RSS content and select New Bulletin > Dynamic Bulletin > RSS Bulletin

  1. Type or copy and paste your source RSS Feed URL into the Feed URL field

  1. Since the source RSS feed most likely contains multiple items or entries, you will need to choose how to display the items or entries in the RSS bulletin. As shown in the screenshots below, the options for managing the RSS bulletin settings can be made from the orange Dynamic and Content tabs at the top of the bulletin editor window.

    1. More information regarding bulletin layout and formatting is explained in this support article.

Dynamic Tab

Content Tab

Please Note: The Dynamic Fields List is a breakdown of all the possible RSS data fields Carousel Cloud can receive, and also lists the specific information we are receiving for a given data field from your source RSS feed

After configuring how you want to display the RSS feed, you can simply hit the orange Publish button in the upper-right corner of the RSS bulletin screen. The RSS bulletin creation process is complete!

Authenticated RSS Feeds

If you have an RSS feed that requires username and password authentication:

  1. Navigate to Carousel Cloud > Configure > System > Org Accounts > New

  2. Select RSS Feed for Type

  3. Name your RSS Feed authentication

  4. Enter your RSS Feed URL in the Domain field

  5. Enter your username and password for the RSS feed

  6. Click the orange Save button

  7. Create the RSS bulletin following the instructions shown in the previous section

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