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The tag which fetches the RSS feed does not support template parameters; the URL must be provided directly. This means that the RSS feed cannot be used within a template.

To provide a consistent presentation, two templates are used- one before and one after the RSS feed.


 * 1) The header template (Rss feed header) will provide a link to the main website and title
 * 2) URL, fetches and formats the RSS feed
 * 3) A footer template (Rss feed footer) will provide the RSS logo and feed links.

Full RSS feed documentation is provided here: Extension:RSS

MediaWiki:Rss-feed will fetch the RSS feed. Formatting of the returned stream is performed by MediaWiki:Rss-item.

The RSS feed will automatically add Category:Pages with RSS feeds to the page.

Usage
actual FeedURL


 * WebsiteURL = The website URL
 * WebsiteTitle = The website tag line
 * FeedURL = RSS feed URL

No other parameters are needed, as the RSS feed tags will be processed and formatted by the two MediaWiki interface pages mentioned above (they are not templates).

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSsrnBlogTheSsrnBlog

Will render:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSsrnBlogTheSsrnBlog