Welcome to policyIQ brings you Really Simple Syndication

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Welcome to policyIQ brings you Really Simple
Syndication

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• brings you

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
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Our goal is to answer the following questions
today

• What are RSS Feeds?
• What is a Feed Reader?
• What does all of this have to do with policyIQ?
• How can I tie external RSS content to my policyIQ
  content?
• How can I share my policyIQ content via RSS?
• Where do I start?

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What is RSS?

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RSS
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What is RSS?

• Really
• Simple
• Syndication

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Wikipedia defines RSS Feeds as

• full or summarized text, plus metadata such as
  publishing dates and authorship.
• benefit publishers by letting them syndicate
  content automatically.
• benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely
  updates from favored websites or to aggregate
  feeds into one place.
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)

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cnn.com
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IFRS.com
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ComplianceHome.com
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PittsburghPenguins.com
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Poll Already using RSS Feeds?
Do you already use RSS Feeds to aggregate news
items?
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There are lots of different Feed Readers.

• Internet Explorer

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There are lots of different Feed Readers.

• Google Reader

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There are lots of different Feed Readers.

• Microsoft Outlook

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There are lots of different Feed Readers.

• SharePoint

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• policyIQ!

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Adding an RSS Feed to policyIQ
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Adding an RSS Feed to policyIQ
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Adding an RSS Feed to policyIQ
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Viewing a Feed Item in policyIQ
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Our goal is to answer the following questions
today

• What are RSS Feeds?
• What is a Feed Reader?
• What does all of this have to do with policyIQ?
• How can I tie external RSS content to my policyIQ
  content?
• How can I share my policyIQ content via RSS?
• Where do I start?

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Import a Feed Item as a WebLink Object
WebLink Standalone policyIQ object (similar to
a Page) that links to another URL or location.
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Import a Feed Item as a WebLink Object

• Must be Advanced User w/ Add Content
  permission.
• Must have WebLink Template available

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Index to Folders and Link to other Pages
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Our goal is to answer the following questions
today

• What are RSS Feeds?
• What is a Feed Reader?
• What does all of this have to do with policyIQ?
• How can I tie external RSS content to my policyIQ
  content?
• How can I share my policyIQ content via RSS?
• Where do I start?

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What is Syndication?

• Syndication
• making web feeds available in order to provide
  other people with a summary of content
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_syndication

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Lets take a look at some examples of
Syndication

• Corporate Policies published via RSS to
  SharePoint
• Weekly Status Reports pushed out to management
  via RSS to Outlook

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Corporate Policies in SharePoint
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Weekly Status Reports to Outlook
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Create a Feed in Three Simple Steps

• Step 1 Create your Feed
• Step 2 Associate the Feed with a User account to
  create a Subscriber URL
• Step 3 Syndicate published content to your Feed

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Step 1 Create your Feed
Step 1 Create your Feed
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Step 2 Create Subscriber URL
Step 2 Associate the Feed with a User account to
create a Subscriber URL
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Step 3 Syndicate Content to Feed
Step 3 Syndicate published content to your Feed
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Add Feed to Outlook or Any Feed Reader
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What Security Exists on my RSS Feeds?

• Similar to Read-Only Access URLs
• User credentials automatically passed in RSS URL.
  No additional log-in required.
• IP Restrictions on User Account
• Can limit from what IP address(es) the RSS Feed
  can be accessed
• Global permission required to add policyIQ
  content to an RSS Feed

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More Ideas

• Share your policyIQ content with another policyIQ
  client.
• Publish a Company Newsletter in policyIQ and
  allow RSS subscriptions
• Publish meeting minutes for a department or
  project team

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Where do I start?

• Add external RSS Feeds to your site today!
• Find some suggestions in online Help
• To create RSS Feeds from policyIQ, contact our
  support team to activate the feature.
• Recorded and Live training, as well as online
  Help, is available for the step-by-step how to
• Share your ideas in our smartercommunity Forums!

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Where do I start?

• Add external RSS Feeds to your site today!
• Find some suggestions in online Help

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Where do I start?

• To create RSS Feeds from policyIQ, contact our
  support team to activate the feature.
• Online Help Submit a Support Question link
• Call us 866-753-1231
• Email us support_at_policyIQ.com

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Where do I start?

• Recorded and Live training, as well as online
  Help, is available for the step-by-step how to

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Where do I start?

• Share your ideas in our smartercommunity message
  board!

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