RSS Feeds

If your unit needs an RSS feed, please contact the Division of Marketing and Communications.

Create a New News Item:

  1. Log into Omni
  2. Navigate to your news section
  3. Select the year (and month if you choose to break your news out by month) you’d like the release to reside in
  4. Click the “New” button in the top right corner
  5. Select “New News Article”
  6. Add a Page Title (preferred naming is Page Title | LSU Unit Name). Page titles are required for accessibility.
  7. Add a description of the page in the “Description” text field
  8. The Media RSS Setup section should be left blank
  9. Add a file name using only lowercase letters, underscores or dashes
  10. Select the category that best describes the story. Use "Featured" if no other category is applicable
  11. Click the “Create” button
  12. Click “Properties” from the main navigation
    1. Here is where you can add a left or right column
    2. Select “RSS” from the left nav
  13. Click on your news item (should be hyperlinked in blue)
  14. Replace the link in the “Link” text field with the following: [auto]
    1. You can also edit the publish date in this section. This will be useful if you plan to migrate your old news releases to the new site)
  15. Click the “Save” button
  16. Click “edit” from the main navigation
  17. Click the “Edit Main Content” button
    1. This is where you add the body copy, date, etc.
  18. Save
  19. Publish

 

Add a Redirect

  1. Log into Omni
  2. Navigate to your news section
  3. Select the “New” button
  4. Select “New Redirect”
  5. In the Redirect URL text field, paste in the link you want to redirect to
  6. Enter the file name using only lowercase letters, underscores or dashes
  7. Select “Create”
  8. Select “Properties”
  9. Select “RSS” in the left nav
  10. Select the “New" button
  11. Enter the page title and page description
    1. You can edit the publish date in this
  12. Save
  13. Publish

 

To insert a feed onto a page

  1. Log into Omni
  2. Navigate to the page you want to insert a feed onto
  3. Check out the page
  4. Place your cursor where you want the feed to appear
  5. Select the snippet icon from the toolbar (looks like a puzzle piece)
  6. Select “News Display”
  7. Click “Insert”
  8. Highlight “selectafeed” and insert your feed name
  9. Determine the number of items you want to display
  10. You can also change the heading if you wish
  11. Save
  12. Publish