Web feeds

This feature provides a widget for aggregating and displaying the entries from one or more Web feeds on a Web page. Supported Web feed formats are Atom, RSS, and Media RSS.

Benefits

  • Displays entries from one or more Atom, RSS, and Media RSS feeds on a Web page without the need for a Web feed reader
  • Dynamically fetches the top five items of any public Atom, RSS, or Media RSS feed
  • Enables cross-promotion and sharing of information between Web sites
  • Conforms to WCAG 2.0 AA
  • Uses WAI-ARIA to enhance accessibility
  • Progressive enhancement approach
  • Supports Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, and IE 7+

Samples

Ottawa Weather

RSS Feed

Twitter Embedded Timeline

Parameters

Parameters and details for the Web feeds widget
Class (parameter) Role Details
wet-boew-webwidget identifier main targeting class that identifies the codeblock used for the Web feeds widget
limit-xxx display controls the amount of items the Web feeds widget will display (except for the Twitter Embedded Timeline)

Twitter Embedded Timeline configuration options