FeedDemon – Send RSS Feed with Clippings

As I was reviewing the Clippings function within FeedDemon, I ran across an interesting tool.  You have the ability to setup your own RSS Feed that you can share with all your friends, your family, your teachers, anyone really.  It is simple to setup and easy to use.

The first thing that you have to do is decide which  existing Clippings folder will generate the RSS feed or you can create a new one.  For more information on creating Clippings folders check out my last post.  The setup is basically the same either way, the main difference is entering the properties screen.  If you are going to setup an existing folder simply right click on that folder and go to the bottom of the menu and select Clippings Folder Properties.  If you are going to create a new folder simply right click on Clippings (or on an existing clippings folder) and select New Clippings Folder from the list.

Once you are in the properties window all you have to do is make sure that the check box for “Share as an RSS feed” is checked.  This will automatically make the folder a shared folder and it will be capable of generating RSS Feeds. You will also notice that now there are three little hyperlinks to the right.  The first one is View and this will give you a look at your feed (assuming that you have some posts within that folder) in you  default internet browser.  The next option is Copy and this will copy the link to your RSS Feed to your clip board so you can paste it in an email or anywhere else you want.  It will look something like this:  http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/ClippingsRSS.aspx?uid=1988367&fid=34551702 .  The last hyperlink option is Email.  When you select this, FeedDemon will automatically launch your default email client and will automatically populate the email for you.  Here is an example 

I've created a "shared clippings folder" in FeedDemon, which enables me to easily share my favorite links. If you'd like to subscribe to it, just enter the URL below in your favorite RSS reader:

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/svc/ClippingsRSS.aspx?uid=1988367&fid=34551702

Thanks!

Now you can send it out to everyone you know.  Once you send this to your friends or family or whomever you choose, they can put it into their favorite feed reader and will begin to receive an RSS Feed based on the articles or posts that you place into this clippings folder.  You get to play editor and chose what is important to you or what you think others what to see.

Next time I will take a closer look at the Pre-Fetch Function.