Put content from Silverbakk on your site or in your application

by on Dec 5th, 2011 No Comments »

All content is best when put in context. That is why we have made it so easy to integrate content from Silverbakk. This is a guide on how to easily put moderated (or full flow) content from Silverbakk on your site, intranet or other application.You have even further possibilities with our API. Please contact us for further info about our API or read about our API here.

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Follow the below guide to publish a moderated feed from Silverbakk on a site, intranet, newsroom or any other site/application.

1. Create a flag

A flag can be used for many things, but for this action it is used to tie an RSS feed to it. To create one, follow these steps (or use the pre-created flag “Publish” and skip this step):

  • Go to My Account / Flags. A flag can be used for many things, but for this action it is used to tie an RSS feed to it.
  • Choose project and give the flag a name and a color.
  • Save.

If you do not want a moderated RSS, but a full flow feed, you can skip the entire Flag thing.

2. Create an RSS feed

The RSS is the simplest way to integrate content from Silverbakk in other solutions. To achieve this we must enable RSS for the created flag, if you want a moderated feed. If you do not want a moderated feed, do not change the pre-filled value of “No, export all posts” in the “Use Flag” section.

To enable RSS for a Flag follow these steps:

  • Go to My Account / Export (you are probably there already).
  • The “Export type” should be RSS (pre-defined)
  • Choose your project that have the flag you have created.
  • Choose which media types that should be present on your site
  • Choose if you want only one or all languages. This is a great feature if you have i.e a newsroom in many countries that publish news in the language of that country.
  • Set the “Ordered by” to “Flagged date / time”. This is so that the content is displayed in order of moderation. Choose “published date / time” if you want the content to appear in order of publishing.
  • Give the RSS feed a name and click “Save”.

3. To find and use the created RSS

When the RSS is saved, it is found in the “Existing RSS Exports“ section. You will find the unique RSS feed url in this list with the name you just gave the RSS. To see the details about the RSS feed just click the expand button.

Please notice that the RSS url is a unique url and should not be shared with people who should not have access to the data.

To test the feed, go to your project in Silverbakk and give some posts the flag you have created. Now the RSS is ready to be integrated into any site or application. The visual design of the content is up to the recieving site or application. Therefore it is easy to customize the data to fit the graphic design of any site and/or application.

We hope this step by step guide will help you in exploring new areas of value with the Silverbakk platform.