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Make notifications available via RSS feed which can be read by news readers and third-party applications (e.g. Digital Signage).

You can now add multiple groups for the RSS mechanism in the Groups tab.

The Tools Feeds tab provides the URLs to both RSS 2.0, Atom, and Atom any Custom formatted versions of the feeds.The RSS mechanisms consists of only a single group.  Currently there is no way to add multiple groups for the RSS mechanism

RSS Feed

  • Feed Format: RSS

  • Feed URL: https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/ID/?ID=RSS

Modo Feed (Custom)

  • Feed Format: Custom

  • Header Template:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <channel>
    <title>Notifications: [Insert App Name]</title>
    <link><https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/ID/?ID=Modo</link>>
    <description>Active alerts for [Insert Institution Name].</description>
    <language>en</language>

  • Item Template:
    <item>
    <title>[alert.info.headline]</title>
    <link>[alert.info.web]</link>
    <description>[alert.info.description]</description>
    <content>[alert.info.description]</content>
    <severity>information</severity>
    <dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">[alert.info.web]</guid>
    <pubDate>[alert.sent]</pubDate>
    </item>

  • Footer Template:
    </channel>
    </rss>

  • Empty Feed Template:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Notifications: [Insert App Name]</title><link><https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/ID/?ID=Modo</link><description> /><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>[DateTime.Now]</lastBuildDate></channel></rss>

  • Variable Escaping Profile: XML

  • Date/Time Format: RFC1123: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:45:30 GMT

  • Feed URL: https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/ID/?ID=Modo

Legacy Feed URLs

These Legacy Feed URLs should be migrated off and the New Feed URLs above should be used instead.

RSS: https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/RSS/

Atom: https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/Atom/

Modo: https://[universitycollege].apparmor.com/Notifications/Feeds/Modo/

Some Digital Signage integrations do not support RSS, but your platform likely has a recommended way of integrating with them.

Please provide the required steps or documentation from your provider on integration, and we can assist.