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How to activate the RSS News Feed App

Display news articles and images from your preferred local news provider in your own language using the RSS News Feed app.

Written by Katariina

Key Features

  • Displays image, headline, and ingress for each news story

  • Supports any feed using RSS or Atom standard

  • Easy self-service activation

  • Automated content updates

  • Advanced configuration options available

Example of a RSS feed app on digital signage


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How to Activate the RSS News Feed App

  1. Go to the Valotalive Dashboard and find the RSS News Feed app icon

    Locating the RSS News Feed app in the Valotalive Dashboard for activation.

  2. Click Create New

👉 For a full activation walkthrough, see: Valotalive Content App – Activate and Go Live RSS News feed app


Configuration

  1. RSS or Atom Feed URL

    Enter the URL of your RSS or Atom feed — for example: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml

    Entering the RSS or Atom feed URL in the app configuration.

    ⚠️ The feed must be properly formatted. Validate your feed at validator.w3.org/feed

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  2. Article view time
    Set how many seconds each article is shown on screen per cycle.
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  3. Logo Position

    Choose where your logo appears:

    • Bottom: main logo shown at the bottom of the screen

      The main logo displayed at the bottom of the screen.

    • Top left: logo shown in the upper left corner

      The logo displayed in the upper left corner of the screen.


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  4. Call to Action Text
    Add a call-to-action text shown in the bottom right corner. Use [b] to bold parts of the text.
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Advanced settings

Click Show Advanced to access:

Click Show Advanced to access additional settings.

Setting

Description

Number of latest posts to fetch

How many recent posts to pull from the feed

Max age of posts

Maximum post age in days - only shows posts newer than this value

Show author

Display author name and photo if provided in the feed data

News in one show cycle

How many news stories appear per cycle
- minimum 1, maximum 12

Top logo size

Adjust the size of the top logo

Posts must be newer than

Maximum post age - filters out older posts

Number of latest posts to follow

How many of the most recent posts to display - a large number may hide the latest posts


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