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Bring in posts from a feed

Point the blog at an RSS feed or a Client-Link address and let new posts arrive by themselves.

  • 3 minute read
  • 2 interactive walkthroughs
  • For people running sites alongside another system

How a feed becomes posts#

A feed is an address the blog checks for new articles. Two kinds are supported: an RSS or Atom feed, the standard web format, and Client-Link, a Cube Systems format for content that already lives in another system of yours.

The blog copies articles in on a schedule you choose, every hour, every six hours or once a day, from as far back as you like, two years by default. Copied posts become ordinary posts: they can be edited, tagged and even deleted without touching the source.

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Feeds

Add a feed
Company newsEvery 6 hoursRSSSync now
Industry updatesOnce a dayClient-LinkSync now
Where the posts come fromRSS or AtomClient-Link
Feed addresshttps://example.com/feed
Category for these postsCompany news
Check for new postsHourly6 hoursDaily
New postsPublish straight awayKeep as drafts
Check the feedSave feed

Step 1 of 3

A feed keeps a list

Each feed shows its type, its schedule and a Sync now for impatience.

Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.

Good to know: This is the same feature that brings a company news feed into a customer site, and the same one that copies content across from a Client-Link address.

Adding a feed#

Feeds open from the Blog tab. Add a feed, give it a name and the address, and choose where its posts land: a category of their own, an author name to show, and whether new posts publish straight away or arrive as drafts for review.

Check the feed runs before saving; the preview shows what it found, so a wrong address fails here rather than quietly doing nothing.

Your Company
Your CompanyLive
your-company.cubesites.site
OverviewPagesBlogTeamMessagesSubscribersSEORedirectsSitemapLanguagesStagingSettingsVersion history

Feeds

Add a feed
Company newsEvery 6 hoursRSSSync now
Industry updatesOnce a dayClient-LinkSync now
Where the posts come fromRSS or AtomClient-Link
Feed addresshttps://example.com/feed
Category for these postsCompany news
Check for new postsHourly6 hoursDaily
New postsPublish straight awayKeep as drafts
Check the feedSave feed

Step 1 of 6

Add a feed

One form covers both formats; Client-Link adds a key field of its own.

Reduced motion is on, so the walkthrough waits for you. Use the arrows or pick a step.

  1. 1Choose Feeds from the Blog tab.
  2. 2Paste the feed address and check it.
  3. 3Decide category, author, and drafts or straight to published.
  4. 4Save, and let the schedule do its work.

Reviewing what arrives#

Posts copied from a feed carry a feed badge in the list. If you chose drafts, review each one like any other draft: shorten summaries, fix headings, add a cover image. The source system is never changed by anything you do here.

A feed can be paused and resumed, and removing it stops future copying. Posts already copied stay until you delete them, which is deliberately separate, so removing a feed never empties your blog by surprise.

Before you continue: Check the licence and ownership of any feed before copying it. Syndicated articles often carry rules about republishing.

Common questions

What is Client-Link?

A Cube Systems way of sharing content between products with a key. The blog reads it like an RSS feed, so the settings are the same apart from two extra fields.

What happens if I remove a feed?

Copying stops. Posts already copied stay in the blog until you delete them, so removing a feed never empties the blog by surprise.

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