# 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.

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.

Walkthrough: How a feed becomes posts (Bringing posts in from a feed)

1. **A feed keeps a list**: Each feed shows its type, its schedule and a Sync now for impatience.
2. **Two kinds**: RSS or Atom, the standard web format, and Client-Link, a Cube Systems address with a key.
3. **A schedule you choose**: Every hour, every six hours or once a day. Copied posts become ordinary posts.

Note: 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.

Walkthrough: Adding a feed, field by field (Bringing posts in from a feed)

1. **Add a feed**: One form covers both formats; Client-Link adds a key field of its own.
2. **The address**: Paste the feed or Client-Link address. Checking it here means a wrong address fails now rather than quietly.
3. **Where its posts land**: A category of their own, so feed content sits together in the blog.
4. **Straight out, or drafts**: Drafts for review is the safer default; publishing straight away suits a feed you already trust.
5. **Check the feed**: Shows what it found before anything is saved.
6. **Save feed**: The schedule takes over from here. Removing the feed later stops copying without deleting what arrived.

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

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

## 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.

## Related guides

- [Start the blog](/help/blog/start-the-blog)
- [Import and export a website](/help/templates/import-and-export-a-website)
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