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Advanced FeedSweep Editor

Load Previous Settings?

If you have previously created
a FeedSweep, paste the previously
generated code to re-load your
settings.

1. Enter your list of feeds.

Type one URL per line.

FeedSweep understands:
• RSS 1.0 and variants
• RSS 2.0 and variants
• Atom 0.3
• Atom 1.0

Multiple feeds will be aggregated together and displayed as a single FeedSweep.

Minimum: 1, Maximum: 5

2. General Options.

*Max no. Articles applies to
the collection of feeds after
the union operation amongst
them is completed and sorted.

**The character count only
includes plain-text character
counts.

Title:
	The title appearing on the top of the FeedSweep.
	Default value: First valid title found in feeds
Max no. of Articles*:
	The maximum number of articles ("items" or "entries") that will display.
	Default value: 5, Maximum: 50
Max Article Length**:
	The max number of characters displayed per article (an "item" or "entry").
	Default value: 200, Maximum: 3000
Max Headline Length:
	The max number of characters displayed per article headline.
	Default value: One third (1/3) of Max Article Length, Maximum: 3000
Date Sort:
	Determines if articles are to be sorted by date.
Date and Time Format:
	Specifies the format for article dates. Read about date and time formats.
	Default value: ddd, MMM d yyyy - h:mm tt
Time Adjustment:
	Determines how dates read from feeds are adjusted for display.
Include Title:	Yes No
	Determines whether the FeedSweep will include the title on top.
Include Headlines:	Yes No
	Determines whether article headlines will be included.
Include Articles:	Yes No

	Determines whether articles (technically, items or entries) will be included, and whether or not HTML and/or pictures are retained in the article.
Include Dates:	Yes No
	Determines whether article dates will be included.
Open New Windows:	Yes No
	Should client browsers open new windows when your visitors click on articles in this FeedSweep?
Title Link:
	When displaying a single feed, the title of the FeedSweep may link to the homepage or original source of the feed.
Category:
	How best to categorize the target audience of this FeedSweep?
	Required
Language:
	In what language is the web site or blog hosting this FeedSweep?

3. Choose Implementation.

Your choice of "Implementation"
will open up different sections
below.

Implementation:

Determines how FeedSweep will generate the structure of its output. If the CSS Class
using DIVS implementation is selected, you are expected to have your own CSS style
sheet defined within the page hosting your FeedSweep widget.

The extended CSS class names provide for advanced levels of control and only advanced
web developers should choose an implementation other than HTML Tables. See Examples
and the How-To Section of Articles for detailed CSS Class using DIVS implementation
instructions.

4. CSS Implementation.

FeedSweep Class Name:
	CSS Class Name of the FeedSweep's entire DIV.
	Default value: feedsweep
Link Class Name:
	CSS Class Name for Link Anchor tags.
	Default value: feedsweep_link
Title Class Name:
	CSS Class Name of the FeedSweep's Title DIV.
	Default value: feedsweep_title
Item Class Name:
	CSS Class Name of each Item DIV.
	Default value: feedsweep_item
Date Class Name:
	CSS Class Name of each Date DIV.
	Default value: feedsweep_date
Headline Class Name:
	CSS Class Name of each Headline DIV.
	Default value: feedsweep_headline
Body Class Name:
	CSS Class Name of each Body DIV.
	Default value: feedsweep_body

5. HTML Implementation.

Choose pre-defined Layout,
Color, Font, Alignment and
Text Effects.

Parameters in the following
seps will be set but you can
override any setting.

Sample FeedSweep
Fri, Apr 9 2007 - 12:00 PM
A Sample News Item
This is just filler text so that you see how article will appear inside your FeedSweep. We can't really believe you've kept reading this far. When an article gets too long, we cut it off with an elipses. Your visitors can read more by clicking on the article...
Powered by FeedSweep

5a. Customize Layout.

Width:	px
	The width (in pixels) of the FeedSweep.
	Default value: 225
Cell Padding:	px
	The padding space (in pixels) around articles.
	Default value: 3
Border Width:	px
	The width of the border (in pixels) of the FeedSweep.
	Default value: 1
Border Style:
	The style of the border of the FeedSweep.
Separator Width:	px
	The width of the separator lines (in pixels) between articles.
	Default value: 1
Separator Style:
	The style of the separator lines between articles.
Include XML Button:	Yes No
	Determines whether an XML will be shown (single feeds only).

5b. Customize Color.

FeedSweep Background:
	The HTML color value or name for the background of the FeedSweep.
	Default value: #FFFFFF
FeedSweep Borders:
	The HTML color value or name for the borders of the FeedSweep.
	Default value: #E0E0E0
Title:
	The HTML color value or name for the FeedSweep title.
	Default value: #000000
Headline:
	The HTML color value or name for article headlines.
	Default value: #808080
Article:
	The HTML color value or name for articles ("items" or "entries").
	Default value: #000000
Date:
	The HTML color value or name for article dates.
	Default value: #404040
Title Background:
	The HTML color value or name for the FeedSweep title.
	Default value: Value of the FeedSweep borders
Headline Background:
	The HTML color value or name for article headlines.
	Default value: Value of the FeedSweep background
Article Background:
	The HTML color value or name for article backgrounds.
	Default value: Value of the FeedSweep background
Date Background:
	The HTML color value or name for article dates.
	Default value: Value of the FeedSweep background

5c. Customize Font.

Title Font:
	HTML font family for FeedSweep title.
	Default value: Sans-Serif
Title Size:	.pt
	Font size (in points) for the FeedSweep title.
	Default value: 12
Headline Font:
	HTML font family for article headlines.
	Default value: Sans-Serif
Headline Size:	.pt
	Font size (in points) for article headlines.
	Default value: 10
Article Font:
	HTML font family for articled.
	Default value: Sans-Serif
Article Size:	.pt
	Font size (in points) for articles.
	Default value: 8
Date Font:
	HTML font family for article dates.
	Default value: Sans-Serif
Date Size:	.pt
	Font size (in points) for article dates.
	Default value: 8

5d. Customize Alignment.

Title Alignment:
	Determines how the title is aligned.
Date Alignment:
	Determines how article dates are aligned.
Headline Alignment:
	Determines how article headlines are aligned.
Article Alignment:
	Determines how articles (an "item" or "entry") are horizontally aligned.

5e. Customize Text Effects.

Title Bold:	Yes No
	Determines whether the FeedSweep title is bolded.
Title Italic:	Yes No
	Determines whether the FeedSweep title is italicized.
Headline Bold:	Yes No
	Determines whether article headlines are bolded.
Headline Italic:	Yes No
	Determines whether article headlines are italicized.
Article Bold:	Yes No
	Determines whether articles are bolded.
Article Italic:	Yes No
	Determines whether articles are italicized.
Date Bold:	Yes No
	Determines whether article dates are bolded.
Date Italic:	Yes No
	Determines whether article dates are italicized.


6. Get the Code.