Squarespace FAQ > RSS / Syndication (17 entries)
Information regarding RSS feeds and syndication.
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Content syndication refers to providing the content of your blog via a "feed" -- which is a representation of the content of your site that can be accessed by machines and ...
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and ATOM are the names of two popular formats for syndicating the content of a blog on the internet. By providing access to your blog's RSS or ...
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XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is the tag-based formatting that your RSS feeds and ATOM feeds are presented in. If you encounter orange XML buttons on various sites you visit, these buttons ...
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You have many choices. Here are a few: News Gator (PC) - Works in Microsoft Outlook Feed Demon (PC) - Standalone PC news reader Net News Wire (Mac) - Popular Mac ...
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You can subscribe to a blog by using either the URL of the blog you want to subscribe to, or by using a direct link to a blog's XML feed. Just ...
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By providing a feed, you are enabling visitors to subscribe to your site, and receive your updates via their news reader. There are numerous reasons this is far superior to email: ...
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Yes. Squarespace automatically creates ATOM and RSS feeds for your blogs, and embeds these feeds within your blog pages for you. From within most modern news reader applications, individuals can simply ...
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If you'd like to see the direct URLs to your feeds (so that you can provide links to your readers), these URLs are enumerated for you in the [Data & Media ...
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You should add an RSS syndication page or widget to your website in order to effectively present these feeds.
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RSS, over time, will most likely increase the amount of readers to your site -- as it will become much easier for individuals who like your content to keep up to ...
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One way to address this concern is by syndicating only entry excerpts to individuals accessing your RSS feed. By selecting the option in your Squarespace Journal configuration to only syndicate excerpts, ...
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Yes, but we're honestly not sure why you'd want to. RSS and ATOM feeds allow your visitors to keep in touch with your content, and as such, it's generally a very ...
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A feed subscriber is just like a visitor who bookmarks your site in their browser. They do not provide personal data when they subscribe, so there is no way to know ...
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This is set in the configuration area for your Journal (from within [Structure & Style > Architecture] in your site manager). The setting is called 'Feed Title' within the 'Journal XML ...
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An RSS feed is not intended to be read by your web browser, which is why you are seeing the code. Site visitors can use a variety of methods to ...
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An RSS feed is not intended to be read by your web browser, which is why you are seeing the code. Site visitors can use a variety of methods to ...
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Squarespace is able to give you an estimated subscriber count for your RSS feed by evaluating the number of unique IP addresses we see accessing your feed within a 24 hour ...