RSS Reader

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In the Administration screen, expand the [Global Configuration] node, expand the [News Ticker] node, click the [RSS Reader] folder and right click and select [New...] in the right hand pane.

1. [Subject:] is just the name for the feed. Since this is a news feed from BBC I chose an apt name.


2. [URL:] is simply the link to the feed you wish to display in FicalScope.


3. "Data Purging" options can be adjusted as required and are self-evident from their titles.

Click [Add] to select which users will get this feed cast to their UI in FocalScope.

I've added all the users to the broadcast list for the RSS feed. You can select multiple accounts by holding down the [Ctrl] button and clicking multiple accounts. If you want to select all but have a long list of users, simply click the topmost account, hold down the [Shift] key, scroll down to the lowest entry in the list and click that account. Everything in between will also be selected.

Click [Ok] once you've made your selection.

Back at the Channel Properties screen we can see all the users we selected added to the list. They will all receive this feed once we click [Ok].

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Our news feed starts broadcasting after a few seconds and will update our notification bar with the news headlines.

1. Clicking on the text highlighted in RED will cause the specific headline to be accepted as read, by FocalScope and the headline will be deleted from the feed.


2. Clicking the icon highlighted in GREEN will load the web page where the feed entry points to and you can read the whole report.


3. Clicking on the BLUE areas will cause the next entry in the feed to load into the notice bar.

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Reloading the UI (Ctrl + F8) will reveal a new [RRS] icon in the Main Toolbar. Clicking it directly will load the full feed into a popup. Optionally you can click the arrow just right of the icon and select [Read news...] or [Mark all as read], which will clear the headline broadcasts for this feed, in the notice bar, until new headlines become available.