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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, a template is used before the RSS feed.

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
 * "max=" the number of RSS items to display (5 is preferred)
 * [templatename=] = Optional. A template used in place of the formatting provided by MediaWiki:Rss-item.

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 http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheSsrnBlogTheSsrnBlog

will produce the above RSS feed without the decription line (title and date only).