Wiki source code of Notifications
Version 5.1 by Silvia Macovei on 2009/12/14
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5.1 | 1 | In XWiki you can subscribe to receive notifications either by RSS (the feed is automatically updated each time one of the followed pages gets changed) or by email. By using the [[Watchlist application>>http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Applications/WatchlistApplication]] an user can add specific pages and spaces to a personal watchlist. |
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| 3 | = Following selected pages & spaces = | ||
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| 5 | The Watchlist application is available from the top bar menu. Its features can be accessed easily by hovering over the button. The 4 entries available are: | ||
| 6 | * Watch this page | ||
| 7 | * Watch the current space | ||
| 8 | * Watch the current wiki | ||
| 9 | * Manage your watchlist | ||
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| 11 | image:WatchlistBar.png | ||
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| 13 | = Managing your watchlist = | ||
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| 15 | After clicking on the "Manage your watchlist" button, you get access to a page where you can set your personal notification preferences. | ||
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| 17 | image:WatchlistConsole.png | ||
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| 19 | For a more detailed description of the watchlist and how you can subscribe to receive email notifications please access the dedicated [[Watchlist application page>>http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Applications/WatchlistApplication]]. | ||
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| 21 | = RSS Feeds = | ||
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| 23 | RSS Feeds can be used to get notification from activity taking place on an XWiki instance. | ||
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| 25 | == Available Feeds == | ||
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| 27 | Several RSS feeds are provided by default and it is possible to create new ones easily when required. The default wiki provides a page that lists all the feeds available in your wiki. To navigate to it go directly to the Main.RssFeeds page: | ||
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| 29 | image:rssfeeds.png | ||
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| 31 | You can also click on the RSS icon at the bottom of the homepage: | ||
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| 33 | image:rsshomepage.PNG | ||
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| 35 | Your wiki comes with the following already made RSS feeds: | ||
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| 37 | * Feed for all modified pages. | ||
| 38 | * Feed for all Blog posts. This is available if your wiki has the [[Blog application>>code:Applications.BlogApplication]] installed. | ||
| 39 | * Feeds for Search results. This is available if your wiki has the [[Search application>>code:Applications.SearchApplication]] installed. | ||
| 40 | * Feeds on Tags. This is available if your wiki has the [[Tag application>>code:Applications.TagApplication]] installed. | ||
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| 42 | You can easily choose to start receiving information from the Blog and modified pages feeds by using your browser's RSS notification button. For example on Firefox: | ||
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| 44 | image:RSS.JPG | ||
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| 46 | == Customized RSS Feeds == | ||
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| 48 | Even more so, it's easy to create new RSS feeds to fit a specific need. | ||
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| 50 | * The [[Watchlist Feature>>code:Applications.WatchlistApplication]] allows you to get a RSS feed of all the modifications to the pages in your watchlist. | ||
| 51 | * You can also easily create your own page that outputs RSS (Atom, RDF, etc). Edit the Main.WebRss page in your wiki to see how it's implemented and do the same in your own page. |
