Adding RSS Feeds To Your Digital Poster Frames with RevelDigital.com
What are RSS Feeds?
Companies and websites use RSS Feeds to send up-to-date information to subscribers of their feed. RSS feeds are published by these companies and websites, and as the feed is updated by the owner, the new information is automatically received by subscribers. RSS stands for "really simple syndication" and also "rich site summary". RSS feeds require a "feed reader" like Feed Burner, Apple's iTunes, Google Reader, and more recent versions of Microsoft Outlook (add a feed to Outlook, and receive updates via email). Our digital poster frames are designed to handle RSS Feeds, and as the feeds are updated by publishers, the feeds will display new content on your digital poster frames.
Example Feeds For Our Digital Poster Frames:
* Any RSS feed can be added to digital poster frames - DigitalPosterFrames.com does not take responsibility for content or format published by other entities.The below feeds are real feeds that we have provided as a sample of how RSS can be used with digital signage.
RSS Feed Display in Digital Poster Frames:
RSS Feeds can be displayed 2 ways in our digital poster frames. Feeds can be displayed in a scrolling marquee text box, and they can be displayed as a slide in a slide show.Scrolling Marquee Text Box: Most commonly, scrolling marquee text boxes are used to scroll messages across the bottom of a screen. For our purpose, RSS feeds can be inserted into scrolling marquees, and as the feed is updated by the publisher, updated messaging displays across the digital poster frame screen. In addition to RSS, custom messaging can also be displayed through the scrolling marquee.
Slide Show RSS Feed Display: RSS feeds can also be displayed through "slides" in a slide show. Depending on the media player you are running, your slide show may run in full screen or framed screen (framed screen supported by media player SKU#: RDPRO132). Several RSS feeds can be added to create one dynamic slideshow that plays updated content throughout the day.
Custom Messaging: Custom messaging can be used in a scrolling marquee for a variety of reasons. These custom messages are manually typed into the digital poster frame content management interface and can display custom messages like hours of operation, breakfast/lunch/dinner specials, drink specials, upcoming events, sales, new product releases, announcements, company wide news alerts, and much much more! Any business can use this type of custom messaging in their digital poster frame to promote a variety of information related to their business.
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Many websites allow you to create your own RSS feeds based on certian criteria. For example, Yahoo! Finance lets users generate their own stock ticker RSS by entering in stock quotes they are interested in. Monster.com lets users generate an RSS feed for available jobs based on their criteria. Craigslist.com allows users to generate RSS feeds based on what they are looking for and additional search criteria. Google Alerts lets users generate custom RSS feeds based on search phrases, and when a selected search phrase is published in new article, the RSS feed is updated.
RSS feeds are published and can be found on just about any topic available. DigitalPosterFrames.com does not take responsibility for the content of these feeds.
Adding RSS Feeds to a Scrolling Marquee Text Box
After Logging into Account, please follow below instructions:
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| Step 1: Click "playlists" and select exisiting playlist or add a new group. |
Step 2: Click "edit" for existing playlist or "create new playlist" for adding a new RSS feed. |
Step 3: Assign details to new playlist & add source(s) OR edit sources in an existing playlist. After editing sources, click accept. |
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| Step 4: Choose a template for new or edited playlist |
Step 5: Click "edit" to edit existing template, OR click "create new template" to create a new template. |
Step 6: Assign details to new template & click accept, then click "Design Template", OR, if editing existing template, just click "Design Template". |
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Digital Poster Frame Questions?
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| Step 7: Add playlist with RSS feeds to scrolling marquee in template |
Step 8: Update Content on Desired Device |
Adding Custom Text to a Scrolling Marquee Text Box
After Logging into Account, please follow below instructions:
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| Step 1: Click "playlists" and select exisiting playlist or add a new group. |
Step 2: Click "edit" for existing playlist or "create new playlist" for adding a new RSS feed. |
Step 3: Assign details to new playlist & add custom messages(s) OR edit custom messages in an existing playlist. After editing sources, click accept. |
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| Step 4: Choose a template for new or edited playlist |
Step 5: Click "edit" to edit existing template, OR click "create new template" to create a new template. |
Step 6: Assign details to new template & click accept, then click "Design Template", OR, if editing existing template, just click "Design Template". |
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Digital Poster Frame Questions?
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| Step 7: Add playlist with RSS feeds to scrolling marquee in template |
Step 8: Update Content on Desired Device |
Adding an RSS Feed as a Slide Show
After Logging into Account, please follow below instructions:
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| Step 1: Click "Templates" and select exisiting template that RSS feed will be played on. |
Step 2: Click "edit" for existing playlist or "create new playlist" for adding a new RSS feed to a slide show. |
Step 3: Assign details to new playlist & design the template for the RSS slide show OR edit a template to include an RSS source for a slide show. Review template details, and click "Design Template..." |
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Digital Poster Frame Questions?
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| Step 4: Add RSS feed URL to RSS module in template editor. | Step 5: Update content on desired device. |