Channel details

Configuring a channel's details This page contains information about the channel.

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 Properties dialog, summary page and system tray menu.
To change this picture, enter the URL of another image 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.
This will be shown in the channel's summary page (unless Brief headers is enabled in the Program Options).
Editor/Webmaster
Some feed 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 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.
Shift-Click to see the raw feed XML instead of the formatted version.
Validate feed
Submits the feed to the Feed Validator to be checked.

Types of channel

There are four different types of channel that can be created, depending on where the feed comes from.

Downloaded from the Internet
These feeds are published by a web site and give the latest content for that site.
Generated by a channel plugin
These feeds are generated dynamically by a channel plugin.
Generated from search results
These feeds are generated dynamically from search results, letting you monitor your archived content for items of interest.
Read from a file
These feeds are read directly from a file.