RSS

What is RSS?

RSS is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works, such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.

What this means, in practice, is that RSS is a standardized XML document that programs such as RSS readers (or RSS aggregators) can interpet and use to provide you with automatic updates about a topic of interest to you. A popular RSS reader for Windows is FeedDemon. On Mac you can use NetNewsWire, Reeder and many more. Some email clients (Mail for Mac, Thunderbird, etc) can also read RSS and provide you with notifications.

If you prefer using RSS to be informed about new events, you will love the activeCollab RSS feed, and we offer a few types of information that you can receive in this way:

  • Global Recent Activity RSS feed - the link for this is available at the bottom of the Dashboard page. When you're subscribed to this feed you will receive notifications about all activities related to projects you're involved in.

  • Project Activity RSS feed - available in the Project Overview page. If you're subscribed, information about new project related activities will be posted in your RSS reader as they happen.

  • Assignments Tracking RSS - you can use this to track new tasks assigned to you across all projects by subscribing to the link at the bottom of the Assignment page.

  • Status Updates RSS - since the Status Module is designed to be used as a local activeCollab messenger, you might wish to have updates from this in your RSS reader. You will find the RSS feed link in the top right corner of the Status pop-up.