Add RSS Viewer Web Part In SharePoint Online

What is RSS?

  • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is used for transmitting information across the internet and intranets
  • We can display the information from external sites by adding the RSS feed webpart in SharePoint page
  • We can use the RSS feed webpart to show the news, weather etc.

Before adding the RSs viewer webpart on the SharePoint page activate the below feature:

“SharePoint Server Standard Site Collection features’

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Steps

Follow below listed steps to add RSS viewer Webpart,

Step 1

Open your SharePoint site

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Step 2

Then open the SharePoint page where you want to add RSS viewer webpart

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Step 3

On the page select the page tab from top ribbon bar as shown below

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Step 4

Click on Edit to add the webpart,

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Step 5

Then click “Add a webpart”, and select “Content Rollup” group from categories section

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Step 6

Select “RSS viewer” webpart on right side and click on “Add” button

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Step 7

After you clicked the ADD button “RSS Viewer” webpart will be added on your page as shown below,

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Step 8

Then click “OPEN THE TOOL PANE” link, you will get the web part properties and add the URL in “RSS Feed URL” Text box as shown in below

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Step 9

Finally Click “OK” button and save the page to show the feeds in the page

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Successfully RSS feed webpart is added on our page

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Summary

In this article we have explored what RSS viewer webpart is, how it’s used in SharePoint and how to add in SharePoint page

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