Quick Tutorial: FREEBASIC Users - Add RSS feeds

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 21:55:45 -0400 from Free to be Social

We have opened up the ability for our FREEBASIC users to import items from RSS feeds. This brief tutorial shows how to install the "app" and navigate to the settings screen:

STEP 1: Install the BetterRSS App

Click on the "Hamburger" menu in the upper right of your screen.
Click on "Add/Manage Apps"

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Step 2 - Select "Available Apps" in the left sidebar.

NOTE: If you are using a small screen, it may be necessary to click on the circle-arrow in your toolbar to view the left sidebar.

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STEP 3 - Install App

Find the "BetterRSS" App
Click on "Install"

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CONGRATS! The "BetterRSS" application is now installed and ready for you to start pulling in RSS feeds!

You can visit the "Add/Manage Apps" page and click on the "Better RSS" Link to visit the settings page. Or, follow these instructions to add it to your FEATURED apps in the Hamburger Menu - or PIN it to your toolbar.

STEP 1 - Navigate to "Add/Manage Apps" using the Hamburger Menu

STEP 2 - Select "Feature" (click the "star") and/or "Pin" (click the "pin").

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STEP 3 - Enjoy your quick access from the tool bar or any of the "Featured App" menus!

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From there, adding new RSS feeds is as easy as "1-2-3"

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A FEW NOTES

To prevent overloading our servers (parsing RSS is processing intensive), the FREEBASIC account has a number of limitations regarding polling external servers. But, it shouldn't hamper your ability to enjoy RSS feeds if you are accessing popular feeds that others of our users enjoy. If you anticipate being a power RSS user, you may wish to consider pestering us to put the finishing touches on our paid account offerings.

FREEBASIC accounts will check to see if new content has been downloaded from a remote RSS server at most every 60 minutes.If someone else has recently polled that remote host, your content will be imported from the cache instead of polling the remote feed.
FREEBASIC accounts can poll a remote feed at most once every 120 minutes.
FREEBASIC accounts can have up to 10 RSS feeds.
Up to 2 feeds are imported/polled per page load. If you have several feeds, they will be imported/polled over time as you use the website.