Channel details

This page contains information about where the channel's feed is being retrieved from and basic informational data as provided by the feed publisher.

The controls at the top of the page depend on what type of channel is being shown.

• Name
  This is what will appear in My Channels and the channel's summary page.
• Home
  The channel's home page.

  This is where you will be taken if you click on the channel's picture in its Channel Properties dialog or summary page.
• Image
  The picture to be shown in the channel's Channel Properties dialog, summary page and system tray menu.

  To change this picture, enter the URL of another image file or click on the browse button to find one on your computer.
• Width/Height
  The width and height of the channel image can be changed here.
• Description
  A brief description of the channel.
• Editor/Webmaster
  Some channel publishers may provide email addresses to contact the editor and/or webmaster.
• Schedule
  Shows the skip schedule for the channel.

  The skip schedule specifies certain days and/or certain hours within each day in which the publisher requests that automated channel updates be temporarily suspended. This is usually done to save bandwidth since the publisher is sure that there will be no new content published at these times.
• Show feed
  Shows the latest feed for the channel.
• Validate feed
  Checks the feed for errors.

Channel Types

There are four different types of channel that can be created, depending on where their feeds come from. This is reflected in the different controls presented in the Channel Wizard and Channel Properties dialog.

Downloaded from the Internet

These feeds are published by a web site and usually give the latest content for that site.

The feed URL specifies where the feed will be retrieved from and must start with http:// or https:// and usually ends with .rss, .rdf or .xml.

Click on the Authentication button if the web site requires a username/password or Processing to attach a SOAP or XSLT file.

Generated by a channel plugin

These feeds are generated dynamically by a channel plugin.

Click on the Processing button to attach a SOAP or XSLT file.

Generated from search results

These feeds are generated dynamically from search results and let you monitor your archived content for items of interest.

Read from a file

These feeds are read directly from a file.

Click on the Processing button to attach a SOAP or XSLT file.