How Do I Set Up an RSS Subscription Workflow for Blog Syndication?

Follow these steps to set up a company- or cluster-wide workflow for blog syndication using RSS subscriptions.

Who Is This Article For?

• Company or Cluster Admins setting up a blog syndication workflow
• Applicable to: All Themes

Instructions for the Creating/Originating Website

1. Choose one station to be responsible for creating content (for example, Radio 100.1). This could include news articles, music blogs, and more. If you want to share articles from both a news and a music station, that’s fine as well.
2. Once you have chosen the originating website(s), navigate to Website > Blogs > Blog Categories.
3. In Blog Categories, create new categories specifically for syndication. Clearly label these so you can easily identify which station the content is coming from. Example category names:
   • Local News (Syndicated)
   • Local News (Syndicated From Radio 100.1)
   • Local News (Radio 100.1)
4. Fill in the rest of the category details as you normally would.

Instructions for the Destination/Consuming Website

1. Go to Website > RSS Subscription Settings > Sources. Add the syndicated categories you created above as sources. For more information, see our article on Sources.
2. After adding the sources (syndicated blog categories), go to Website > Blogs > Blog Categories.
3. You should now see the syndicated blog categories listed (for example, “Local News (Syndicated From Radio 100.1)” or a category prefixed with “-Syndicated From Radio 100.1”).
4. When configuring your blog widget, you can select these syndicated blog categories to display their content.
5. If you go to Website > Blogs > Blog Posts, syndicated blogs will appear with a “syndicated” label under the “author” section.