Introduction:
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is used for transmitting information across the
Internet and intranets. We can also subscribe to RSS Feeds from SharePoint
libraries, lists, and other elements. We can use an RSS Viewer Web Part to
display an RSS Feed on a SharePoint site. RSS Viewer Web Part provides a
convenient way to view information from many sources on a single page.
In this article we will be seeing how to configure RSS settings for the
SharePoint list using powershell.
Configure RSS settings for the list:
- Go to the SharePoint List => List Settings => Communication => RSS settings.
- Go to Start => All Programs => Microsoft SharePoint 2010 products => SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
- Run as an administrator.
- Run the following script.
//Enable RSS
settings
$site=get-spsite "http://serverName:1111/sites/Sample/"
$web=$site.rootweb
$list=$web.Lists.TryGetList("Contributor")
$list.EnableSyndication
= $true
$list.Update()
// Truncate multi-line
text fields to 256 characters
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_LimitDescriptionLength"]
= 1
// Title
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_ChannelTitle"]
= "Contributor List RSS"
// Description
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_ChannelDescription"]
= "RSS feed for Contributor List"
// Image URL
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_ChannelImageUrl"]
= "/sites/Sample/_layouts/images/siteIcon.png"
// Maximum items to
include
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_ItemLimit"] =
15
// Maximum days to
include
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_DayLimit"] =
3
// For Document Library
// Include file
enclosures for items in the feed?
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_DocumentAsEnclosure"]
= 0
// Link RSS items
directly to their files?
$list.RootFolder.Properties["vti_rss_DocumentAsLink"]
= 0
// Update RSS settings
for the list
$list.RootFolder.Update()