Finding RSS feeds for blogs you want to share – Vista Social

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If you want to use the smart scheduler with a specific blog as the source or want to bulk schedule with that same blog, you'll want to use the RSS feed.

Note

After you connect an RSS feed to Smart Publisher, we’ll pull in posts from the past 72 hours and then keep monitoring the feed for any new posts going forward.

Vista Social can usually find the RSS feed from the blog site's meta tags automatically - no heavy lifting from your end!

Sometimes you may run into a site where that's not so automatic, usually because the site's meta tags don't provide such easy instructions to find the RSS feed ─ don't worry, there are other ways to find it!

WordPress blogs

To find a WordPress blog's RSS feed, just add /feed to the end of the URL. For example: https://coffeeaffection.com/feed

Since almost 15% of the websites in the world are powered by WordPress, you'll usually get this right away!

Shopify blogs

To find a Shopify blog's RSS feed, you'll want to add .atom to the end of the URL. For example, using this blog's URL, https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news, we'd use https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news.atom instead

Medium blogs

To find a Medium blog's RSS feed, you'll want to add /feed/ to the end of the URL. For example, https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news/feed/

Tumblr blogs

To find a Tumblr blog's RSS feed, you'll want to add /rss to the end of the URL. For example, https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news/rss

Blogger blogs

To find a Blogger blog's RSS feed, you'll want to add /feeds/posts/default to the end of the URL. For example, https://ravecoffee.co.uk/blogs/news/feeds/posts/default

Other blogs (using Page Source)

If the blog isn't built with any of the tools above, or you're just not sure, you can usually find the RSS feed easily with your browser's Page Source tool.

1. Right-click on the blog and select View Page Source.

2. Using the Find function (CTRL/CMD+F), look for "rss"

You can also look for "feed" or "atom" to locate it:

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What data from my RSS feed can be pulled through and included in the post?

A: When setting up a Smart Publisher with a Specific Blog (RSS) feed in Vista Social, you can pull in the following fields from your RSS source and use them in your posts:

Title – The headline or title of the article or post from your feed.
Link – The direct URL to the original content so your audience can click through.
Description – The summary or excerpt provided in your RSS feed.

You can choose to include any combination of these fields when creating your automated posts, giving you flexibility over how your content is displayed.

Q: Why isn't my Smart Publisher pulling older articles from my RSS feed?

A: When you link a new RSS feed to a Smart Publisher, Vista Social only imports existing articles that were published within the last 72 hours. If the most recent content in your feed is older than three days at the time of connection, the Smart Publisher will not pull any historical posts.

Once the feed is active, the system monitors it moving forward and will automatically pull every new article published from that moment on.

Note: If you're still experiencing issues after publishing a new article to your feed, please contact our support team with your RSS URL.

Need further help?

If you have any questions or need additional help, feel free to contact our awesome support team. We are here to assist you! 💙

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