Setting Up RSS Feeds

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Overview:

This article will explain what an RSS feed is and how you can activate it for your store.

What is an RSS Feed

An RSS feed is a family of formats used to publish frequently updated works. This includes: news, sales, and item descriptions. An RSS document includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and item descriptions. RSS feeds benefit merchants by letting them publish content automatically to their subscribers. A standardized XML file format allows information to be published once and viewed by many different groups. They benefit customers who want to subscribe to timely updates from your websites.

Activating an RSS feed

NRO / System / Configuration / Catalog - RSS Feeds

Select System (horizontal top menu) / Configuration .
Under the Catalog section click on the RSS Feeds tab.
Open all the panels.
Under the RSS Config panel, select Enable for the Enable RSS field.
Enable RSS feeds for wishlists if you want your customers to be notified of wishlist changes.
Enable RSS feeds for catalog if you want your customers to be notified about updates on products, specials, discounts, tagged products, and categories.
Enable RSS feeds for orders if you want your customers to be notified about their order status through an RSS feed.
Save your changes.