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An RSS feed is a format for delivering summaries of regularly changing web content. Subscribing to an RSS feed allows you to stay informed of the latest content from sites that you are interested in.

RSS isn't designed to be read in a regular web browser, but specialised RSS newsreader programs can check RSS files every so often, and tell you what's new on a site.

Confluence works with RSS in two ways:

  • Confluence generates its own RSS feeds for tracking updates to content within Confluence. You will need an RSS reader which can grab the RSS feeds from Confluence and display them for you.
  • Confluence's RSS macro allows you to display the contents of RSS feeds from other sites. In the case of external RSS feeds, Confluence can act as a reader.

For a technical description of RSS, read Mark Pilgrim's "What is RSS?" article on XML.com.

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Subscribing to RSS Feeds within Confluence
Subscribing to External RSS Feeds
Tracking Updates Overview

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