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Published Jun. 30, 2025

Configuring RSS feeds for web content

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Ahmed Abdin

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Issue

  • I would like to configure the RSS feed for web content.

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.2
  • Liferay DXP 7.3
  • Liferay DXP 7.4

Resolution

  • In order to configure the RSS feed for web content, you should perform the following:
  1. Enable the RSS feed by going to menu --> Control Panel --> System Settings --> Web Content --> Administration and scroll down and check the box for "Show Feeds"
  2. Create a widget page and add an Asset Publisher Portlet to it.
  3. Configure the display settings of the AP to be the default Asset Publisher for This Page" by checking the box "Set as the Default Asset Publisher for This Page", under the "set and enable" option of the portlet's Display Settings.
  4. Enable "Subscription" by checking the box for it under the Display Settings.
  5. Enable the RSS subscription by toggling "Enable RSS Subscription" under "Subscriptions" on the portlet configuration.
  6. Create a Web Content Article and add the page as its display page on the right panel while creating the article.
  7. On the "Feeds" tab, create an RSS feed and add the target page URL under "Target Page Friendly URL" and the AP portlet's ID under "Target Widget ID" as well.
  8. Check the RSS configuration by clicking on "Preview"
  • Result:
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<title>testfeed1</title>

<link rel="self" href="http://localhost:8080/testfeed/-/journal/rss/20121/44532"/>

<subtitle/>

<id>http://localhost:8080/testfeed/-/journal/rss/20121/44532</id>

<updated>2022-10-25T09:37:09Z</updated>

<dc:date>2022-10-25T09:37:09Z</dc:date>

<entry>

<title>testRSS</title>

<link rel="alternate" href="http://localhost:8080/testfeed?p_p_id=c0UMVLmVgRJf&p_p_lifecycle=0&_c0UMVLmVgRJf_articleId=44520&_c0UMVLmVgRJf_groupId=20121"/>

<author>

<name>Test Test</name>

</author>

<id>http://localhost:8080/testfeed?p_p_id=c0UMVLmVgRJf&p_p_lifecycle=0&_c0UMVLmVgRJf_articleId=44520&_c0UMVLmVgRJf_groupId=20121</id>

<updated>2022-10-25T08:59:45Z</updated>

<published>2022-10-25T08:59:00Z</published>

<summary type="html"/>

<dc:creator>Test Test</dc:creator>

<dc:date>2022-10-25T08:59:00Z</dc:date>

</entry>

</feed>

Attached is a video illustration: RSSFeed.mp4

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