About
Show articles from any news site or blog with an RSS feed, with the headline, text and image, one after another. New articles appear by themselves. Find a feed by the site’s name or paste its link, and choose the font, layout and transitions. See all RSS plugins.
Get Started
Everything here starts in the editor: go to Playlists, open your playlist and choose the slide. When you’re done, click Publish.
Add an RSS feed to a slide
- Click RSS, then RSS Reader
- Search with Find RSS feed, or paste the feed’s link in Feed URL (Atom feeds work too)
Choose how articles look
- Pick a Layout: Normal (text left, image right), Reverse or Alternate
- Set the Font, Alignment and Font zoom, and the Transition
- Set Update interval: how long each article shows
- Turn on Show time ago, and set its Locale
Get feeds from more sites
RSS.app makes feeds from sites like Google News, Reddit, YouTube, NYTimes, BBC News, Reuters and ESPN. See also Alternative RSS Viewers.
Options
Click the plugin on the slide to see these in the settings on the right.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Find RSS feed | Searches popular publications for their feed |
| Feed URL | The feed link. Atom feeds work too |
| Font | The font; your own fonts work too |
| Alignment | How the text is aligned. Justified by default |
| Update interval | How long each article shows |
| Font zoom | Enlarges the text to fit, since feeds have short or long texts |
| Show time ago | How long ago the article was published |
| Locale | The language of “time ago” |
| Transition | How the next article comes in |
| Layout | Normal (text left, image right; in portrait image on top), Reverse, or Alternate |
FAQ
The search doesn't find my feed. What now?
The search covers the popular news sites, not every site. Search the web for the site’s RSS feed, or ask the site.
How often is the feed updated?
Each time the slide shows, and every 30 minutes on slides that play forever.
What if my player has no internet?
It needs internet; without it, the plugin hides.
What is the difference between RSS and Media RSS?
Both are XML and can hold images. News sites and blogs publish RSS; paid content for digital signage is mostly Media RSS. In RSS, an image is optional, can sit in one of 6 places, and is usually a small thumbnail next to the text. In Media RSS, each item holds its media in one place (<media:content>), the media is the main content, and the feed says how long each item shows.
