RSS portlets are primarily intended to display RSS feeds from external sites, though they can also display feeds from your own site.
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Navigate to the the page you wish to add the portlet and click Manage portlets in the area in which you want to add the portlet.
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On the same side you will see a number of gray boxes with the names of portlets that have already been created.
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Above the portlets, click Add portlet….
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Scroll down and select RSS Feed.
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Title will set the name given to the feed on your page. If left blank, the title of the feed itself will be used.
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Number of items to display will set the number of items that can appear in the list. These are chosen according to the sort order of the feed itself.
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Under URL of RSS Feed, link the RSS Feed to display.
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Feed reload timeout allows you to set the number of minutes after which the feed should be reloaded. Generally you should use the defaults unless there is a reason to check the feed more often.
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Once you have entered the required information, click Save.
- To exit the portlet configuration screen, click the “Return” link in the center panel of the page.