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To share posts from a blog with Smart Publishing or Bulk publishing, Vista Social needs the blog's RSS feed. In most cases, Vista Social finds the feed automatically from the blog's URL. If it doesn't, you can find the feed yourself with the methods below.
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Note When you connect an RSS feed to Smart Publishing, Vista Social imports posts from the past 72 hours and then keeps checking the feed for new posts. |
Importing a blog with its URL
1. Go to Create > Bulk publishing, and under Import a blog, click Import from RSS.
2. Paste the blog's URL or its RSS link and click Import. Vista Social reads the blog's meta tags and lists its latest posts.
If the blog's meta tags don't point to its RSS feed, you'll see a message that Vista Social is unable to retrieve posts from the website. In that case, find the RSS feed URL with one of the methods below and paste it instead.
WordPress blogs
Add /feed to the end of the blog's URL. For example: https://coffeeaffection.com/feed
Shopify blogs
Add .atom to the end of the blog's URL. For example, for https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news, use https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news.atom
Medium blogs
Add /feed/ to the end of the blog's URL. For example: https://medium.com/@username/feed/
Tumblr blogs
Add /rss to the end of the blog's URL. For example: https://yourblog.tumblr.com/rss
Blogger blogs
Add /feeds/posts/default to the end of the blog's URL. For example: https://yourblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Other blogs (using Page Source)
If the blog isn't built with any of the tools above, or you're not sure, use your browser's page source.
1. Right-click the blog page and select View Page Source.
2. Press CTRL+F (Windows) or CMD+F (Mac) and search for rss.
You can also search for feed or atom.
What information can Smart Publishing use from an RSS feed?
For a Specific Blog (rss) Smart Publisher, you can choose which RSS fields to include in your automated posts:
- Title: the headline of the article.
- Link: the URL of the original article.
- Description: the summary or excerpt from the feed.
Key things to check
- Use the RSS feed URL if the blog URL alone doesn't work.
- Make sure the feed belongs to the blog you want to share.
- Smart Publishing only imports articles from the previous 72 hours when you first connect a feed.
- After the feed is connected, new articles are picked up automatically.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why can't Vista Social find my RSS feed automatically?
A: Vista Social looks for the feed in the website's meta tags. If the website doesn't list it there, find the RSS URL manually with the methods above.
Q: Why isn't Smart Publishing importing older articles?
A: When you connect a new feed, Smart Publishing only imports articles published in the previous 72 hours.
Q: Will new articles be imported after I connect the RSS feed?
A: Yes. Smart Publishing keeps checking the feed for new articles.
Q: What should I do if a new article isn't being pulled from my RSS feed?
A: Check that the article appears in the RSS feed and that the RSS URL is correct. If it still doesn't work, contact our support team and share the RSS URL.
Need help?
Reach out to our support team, and we are happy to help.
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