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Click outside the popup to close it.
Use this option to review all feed settings immediately.
By default, form is displayed step-by-step after you press the [Reload], [Search] and [Preview] buttons. Clicking on this link will expand the entire feed edit form at once.
Note: this option is not remembered anywhere and affects only current session. Next time you open the feed edit form, it will be presented in default, step-by-step manner.
<Required> URL of the source web page to pull content from.
Provide here an address (URL) of the source web page (HTML, XML or plain-text) that Feed43 will download and process.
Note: only addresses starting with http:// and https:// are allowed. You may use only addresses that are visible to Feed43 server (i.e. local intranet addresses like http://localhost/ will not work).
Open in browser link is used to open currently typed address in new browser window.
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USDC0001
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=iraq
https://launchpad.net/
[Optional] Source page encoding (case-insensitive).
Feed43 tries to autodetect encoding, but sometimes fails (and you may get an 'Invalid XML file' error after pressing [Reload] button, or garbled text in the preview area). In this case you need to provide encoding identifier string manually for Feed43 to be happy.
utf-8 (default for XML documents)
Windows-1252 (default for all documents except XML)
cp1251 (same as Windows-1251)
koi8-r
shiftjis
ucs-2
See the full list of supported encodings.
Note: when iso-8859-1 encoding is detected, Feed43 will automatically use Windows-1252 instead, which is a superset of the former. If you want to use iso-8859-1 strictly, specify it explicitly in the Encoding field.
Below are canonical names. Names are case-insensitive.
All “cp*” names have “Windows-*” aliases.
[Read-only] Area, where page source is displayed (read-only).
When you press [Reload] button, Feed43 downloads the document specified in Address field and displays it here, additionally highlighting HTML/XML syntax.
This page source is needed to define search patterns in Step 2.
Tip: you can use (–) (+) links on the right side of the area to decrease/increase it's height.
[Optional] Search pattern used to locate list of news items within page source.
Global search pattern is applied to source once and defines, where to search for news items (see also 'Item (repeatable) Search Pattern' field). If not used, entire page source will be used to locate news items (this works the same as defining just {%} as search pattern).
For example, if a web page consists of several logical blocks, each containing a list of news on particular topic, you can use global search pattern to tell, what exact block should be translated as news feed.
Analyze web page source (see 'Page source' area) and find unique string right before the block you are interested in, and another string right after that block. Then define the pattern as follows (you can select text from 'Page Source' area with mouse and then copy-paste it to your edit-box):
For more information on defining search patterns see tutorial on Feed43 web site, and consult the Pattern reference.
If you get this error while trying to apply search patterns, it means that either global or item pattern caused our engine to hang for several seconds. You need to optimize them in order to execute faster. See 'Pattern optimization tips' for further information.
<Required> Search pattern used to locate individual news items within page source.
Item search pattern is applied to source repeatedly, and defines where to find attributes for each news item (title, link and, possibly, content) in any order.
If global search pattern is not defined, entire page source is used, otherwise only text that matches global search pattern will be scanned.
If your news feed should contain only one news item, you can use {%} as item search pattern just to grab all the text matched by global search pattern (see 'Global Search Pattern' field).
For more information on defining search patterns see tutorial on Feed43 web site, and consult the Pattern reference.
If you get this error while trying to apply search patterns, it means that either global or item pattern caused our engine to hang for several seconds. You need to optimize them in order to execute faster. See 'Pattern optimization tips' for further information.
The following macros are allowed in search patterns:
For more information on defining search patterns see tutorial on Feed43 web site.
In order to make your pattern work faster, try to make it as small as possible. For example, let's consider the following search pattern:
As you can see, bearing strings (strings between {*} and {%} macros) are pretty long, and the worst thing is they start from the same substring <div class="PreReleaseItem, leading engine to much more misoperations while searching for data.
You can easily refactor this pattern to be more lightweight and fast, as shown below:
You can also try to make search pattern less generic by minimizing the amount of {*} macros.
[Read-only] Area, where clipped data is displayed (read-only).
When you press [Search] button, Feed43 applies global search pattern and item search pattern to the previously downloaded page source and displays extracted text snippets here, additionally highlighting HTML/XML syntax.
All found text snippets are numbered ({%1}, {%2}, and so on) in the order they appear in item search pattern (see 'Item (repeatable) Search Pattern' field). These numbered text snippets can be referenced in Step 3 when defining title, link and content template parameters for news items.
Tip: you can use (–) (+) links on the right side of the area to decrease/increase it's height.
<Required> Title of your news feed.
Put the title of your news feed here, as it will be displayed in your feed reader application. Make it descriptive, but not too long. HTML tags are not allowed here, and will be stripped.
Note: if empty, Feed43 tries to take title from source HTML page.
<Required> Link to the source web site.
Put the address (URL) of the originating web site here. HTML tags are not allowed here, and will be stripped. If you specify a relative path, it will be converted to absolute path (i.e. http://...) regarding to the URL of the source web page.
Note: if empty, Feed43 inserts here the URL from 'Address' field automatically.
<Required> News feed description.
Put the description of your news feed here, as it will be displayed in your feed reader application (some feed readers do not display this description at all).
You can optionally format the text with HTML tags, but make sure resulting HTML is compatible with most browsers.
[Optional] Title template for a news item.
Define a template for a news item title, referring to clipped data with {%N}
Note: though this parameter is optional, you must at least specify either item title or item content (see 'Item Content Template' field).
<Required> Link template for a news item.
Define a template for a news item link, referring to clipped data with {%N}
[Optional] Link template for a news item.
Define a template for a news item content, referring to clipped data with {%N}
Note: though this parameter is optional, you must at least specify either item title or item content (see 'Item Title Template' field).
[Optional] Global template for merging news items into one.
If you want all items to be presented in your feed reader as a single news item, enable this checkbox and optionally define a global template if you want to wrap your items with some arbitrary code. Use single {%} as an insertion point for your items. Note that in this case each item should be represented with valid HTML code (see 'Item Content Template' field)
[Read-only] Area, where resulting feed is rendered.
When you press [Preview] button, Feed43 applies templates to the previously extracted text snippets and renders feed in a viewable form. Use this sample rendering to judge, how this feed will appear in your feed reader.
Note: every time you press the [Preview] button, RSS feed itself is also updated.
Tip: you can use (–) (+) links on the right side of the area to decrease/increase it's height.
[Read-only] URL of the given RSS feed.
Copy this link and open in in your news reader software. If you click on this link, it will be opened in your default browser, which will render this feed in some default way or will just show it's XML internals. To receive this link by e-mail, use the 'Send me summary e-mail' feature.
Note: To change the URL of your feed to be more user-friendly, use the 'Change file name' feature.
[Read-only] Edit URL for the given RSS feed.
This is the link to the page you are currently viewing. Remember this link to be able to modify your feed settings in the future. To receive this link by e-mail, use the 'Send me summary e-mail' feature.
[Optional] Allows you to rename your feed file name (URL).
By default, feed file name is generated automatically, e.g. http://feed43.com/4271748303927436.xml. If you want to change it to something more pleasant and easy to remember (say, http://feed43.com/bbc-prime-tv-schedule.xml), use this feature.
Click on 'Change file name' link and specify new name for this feed. Feed names must be unique within Feed43 service, so, if you specify an already existing name, you will be prompted for another. Once the name is changed successfully, feed URL and edit URL will be updated accordingly.
Remember to update the URL of the feed in your news reader software after you have renamed it. The old feed name will no longer be valid.
Note: only a-z, 0-9, underscore and hyphen symbols are allowed in feed name.
[Optional] Allows to link feed to your account.
When you edit anonymous feed (e.g. you didn't log in to Feed43 prior to creating new feed), or when you edit someone else's feed (e.g. somebody has created a feed for you and gave you the password to edit feed), you can use this feature to take ownership of this feed.
You should have created an account prior to using this feature. See more help on creating account here.
Once you add the feed to your account, it will appear on your personal feeds page called 'My Feeds'.
Click on 'Add this feed to my account' link and specify user name and password as you defined when created your account. If you are already logged in, just click the [Add] button.
Adding a feed to account will reset it's password to the one from your account. If you want the feed to have individual password, use the 'Change feed edit password' feature.
[Optional] Allows to password-protect edit form for given feed, or clear password protection.
By default, feed is not protected with password, i.e. anyone can edit properties for this feed if he knows (or guesses) the feed name. We strongly recommend you to protect your feed edit form with the password.
Click on 'Protect feed from being edited' link and specify a password for this feed (or provide an empty password to remove password protection). If you additionally provide your e-mail address, you will receive a message with links to your feed and your password. This e-mail address will also be used to send you a new password if you forget it. If you don't provide e-mail address, we won't be able to restore your password.
If you set a non-empty password, next time you open the edit URL in your browser, you will be asked for that password to continue.
Note: this option affects edit mode only. Your feed itself will remain publicly available, unless you make it private.
[Optional] Allows to change/clear password for editing given feed.
Feeds that belong to user account are already password-protected by default and inherit account password. Using this option, you can change (or clear) the password for the given feed explicitly.
Click on 'Change feed edit password' link and specify a password for this feed (or provide an empty password to remove password protection).
If you set a non-emty password, next time you open the edit URL in your browser, you will be asked for that password to continue.
Note: this option affects edit mode only. Your feed itself will remain publicly available, unless you make it private.
[Optional] Allows to password-protect feed content.
By default feeds are public and can be used (viewed) by anyone if he knows (or guesses) the feed name. You can make your feed private by protecting it with user name/password combination. Note that some news readers may not support this feature, and won't be able to display your feed at all.
Click on 'Make this feed private' link and specify user name and password for this feed. Specifying just user name or just password is OK.
Next time you open the feed URL in your browser, you will be asked for these credentials to proceed.
To clear password protection, use blank user name and blank password.
Note: this option affects viewing feed only. You can also protect your feed from being edited.
[Optional] Sends you a message with feed summary.
Click on 'Send me summary e-mail' link and provide your e-mail address. You will receive a one-time message with the name of your feed, links to the RSS feed an it's edit form, and a short instruction on how to use these links.
<Required> Unique user (account) name.
Provide your user name. Only a-z, 0-9, underscore and hyphen symbols are allowed.
Once you create an account, your 'My Feeds' page will be available by the following address:
<Required> E-mail address.
Provide your e-mail address.
Once you register an account, you will receive an e-mail message from us to verify this e-mail address.
Once your e-mail address is verified, all anonymous feeds that have the same e-mail address specified in properties will be added to your account automatically, and their passwords will be reset to the one from your account. If you want some of the feeds to have individual password, use the 'Change feed edit password' feature in feed edit form.
[Optional] Allows to add feeds to your account or undelete previously deleted feeds.
If you have some feeds not listed on your 'My Feeds' page, use this service to add feeds one-by-one.
Click on 'Add feeds to your account' link and specify feed name and password (if it differs from the password of your account). If the feed is not password-protected, leave the password blank.
Once a feed is added to your account, it's password will be reset to the one from your account. If you want the feed to have individual password, use the 'Change feed edit password' feature in feed edit form.
You can also use this form to undelete the previously deleted feeds (if they are nod deleted permanently by Feed43 service). Just provide the name of the deleted feed and it's password (if it differs from the password of your account).
Allows to delete unwanted feeds from account.
If you want to remove some feed from your account, click on the 'Delete feed' link. Deleted feeds are neither visible from within your account page nor accessible via direct feed link. However, you can undelete them until they are permanently deleted by the service (in 30 days).
To undelete the feed later, use the 'Add feeds to your account / Undelete feeds' feature.
Enter activation code to upgrade/renew your paid account.
If you have received an activation code from us, enter it here. (Usually you don't need this, as your account will be upgraded automatically when you purchase a paid subscription.)
Downgrade the channel to ‘free’ plan.
Each paid plan has a limit of paid channels. If you reach this limit, other channels that you create will be treated as ‘free’ ones. Thus, you might need to explicitly specify what feeds should be ‘paid’, and what should be ‘free’. Use this option to downgrade the selected channel to ‘free’ plan and, thus, to be able to upgrade another feed to the ‘paid’ plan. You can always switch this feed back to ‘paid’ plan, if needed (assuming you have not reached the limit of paid feeds).
Upgrade the channel to ‘paid’ plan.
Use this option to upgrade the selected channel to ‘paid’ plan.
If you get this error, you have reached the limit of paid feeds allowed for your paid plan.
Solutions: