What Are the Key Benefits and Differences Between RSS Subscription, Premium Feeds, Page Cloning, and Page & Blog Syndication?
What Are the Key Benefits and Differences Between RSS Subscription, Premium Feeds, Page Cloning, and Page & Blog Syndication?
This article is for:
- All clients
- Applicable to all themes
This article outlines the key benefits and differences between several SoCast features for content sharing and management:
If you have questions or would like to purchase Premium Feeds, please contact the support desk.
Product | Use Cases | Notes |
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RSS Subscription | - Ideal for decentralized companies where stations operate independently and want to pull in their own third-party RSS feeds or internal blog feeds (for example, small or local stations sharing sports news).
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Premium Feeds | - For stations with no content or those looking to supplement existing content.
| - Premium add-on.
- Configured using the RSS Subscription Settings feature.
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Blog Syndication | - Best for centralized companies that want to push news content from a single source (for example, large clients sharing national or regional news such as Pattison or Stingray).
| - The syndicated version automatically updates from the original.
- The syndicated version cannot be edited or deleted (but can be hidden).
- All widgets and custom HTML are synced from the original.
- Sidebar and sticky blog post display cannot be synced from the original blog posts and must be configured separately in the destination account(s).
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Page Syndication | - For centralized companies that want to push informative or promotional content from a single source. Examples include syndicated DJ/show program pages or contest pages.
| - The syndicated version automatically updates from the original.
- The syndicated version cannot be edited or deleted (but can be hidden).
- All widgets and custom HTML are synced from the original.
- Sidebar and menu location on the website or mobile app cannot be synced and must be configured separately in the destination account(s).
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Page Cloning | - Great for building websites or creating templates.
- Can clone to your own site or to sites you have access to within the same company.
| - The cloned version is not synced from the original and is updated independently.
- The cloned version can be edited and deleted.
- All widgets and custom HTML are cloned from the original (note: some widgets will be empty and require manual content addition). See a list here.
- Sidebar and menu location on the website or mobile app cannot be cloned and must be configured separately in the destination account(s).
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