RSS feeds

An RSS feed pulls headlines from a news site or blog onto your boards. Pick a curated source from the recommendations list, or add any RSS address of your own.

Adding a feed

1. Click Add feed.
2. On From recommendations, click Add next to any curated source to add it with its logo and label already set.
3. Or switch to Custom URL and fill in a name, the feed's RSS address, an optional display label and logo, then set Refresh (mins) and Max items.
4. Use Exclude keywords to drop items containing certain words, and Exclude topics to have items about those topics filtered out automatically. Separate entries with a comma or a new line.
5. Save. Click the eye icon on any feed to preview the items it has pulled in.

What the statuses mean

• OK: the last sync finished without errors.
• Running: a sync is in progress right now.
• Error: the last sync failed. Check the feed's address, then try the refresh icon again.
• Idle: no sync has run yet, or the feed is switched off.

Refresh timing

NowBoard checks feeds automatically several times an hour, but only fetches a given feed once its own Refresh (mins) setting says it's due, so a feed set to 30 minutes won't be re-fetched sooner than that. Use the refresh icon on a feed's row to sync it immediately.

Where items show

Items pulled in by a feed are available to add to your boards. Max items caps how many recent items are kept per feed; older ones drop off automatically as new ones arrive. Deleting a feed keeps items already fetched, but they stop updating.