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OmniUpdate Adds RSS to Web Content Management
WebsiteASP, Inc., provider of web content management solutions for Higher Education, has added Real Simple Syndication (RSS) support to OmniUpdate, allowing easy creation and management news feeds from their website.
RSS is a format used to distribute and gather content from sources across the web, including news-like sites, blogs and any content that can be condensed into an item for syndication. Colleges and universities, increasingly, use RSS feeds for real-time publishing of news, articles and events from campus sites.
"Our Web editors at Dartmouth College work diligently to keep thousands of pages up to date and accurate. Now, with RSS feeds built into OmniUpdate, they will be able to help people find that new information immediately. Easy publishing, plus easy find-ability is the next evolution of the Web," says Jay Collier, Associate Director, Dartmouth Web Publishing Services. "OmniUpdate has implemented an RSS publishing process that is integrated into the content approval workflow, so each author and editor can easily contribute to RSS feeds. Simple and effective."
"We believe RSS takes the next step in web publishing by syndicating web content and proactively 'pushing' it to communities of interests. RSS allows institutions to broaden the reach and frequency of their communications with students, faculty, alumni and members of the community who subscribe to their feeds," says Lance Merker, president and CEO of WebsiteASP, Inc. "We're fortunate to have a visionary client like Dartmouth partner with us on the requirements for integrating RSS into OmniUpdate."
How RSS & OmniUpdate work
OmniUpdate, designed specifically for Higher Education staff provides familiar Word-like editing of web pages, together with powerful workflow features to control content publication. With RSS, OmniUpdate takes web publishing one step further, enabling staff to syndicate web content into "feeds" which are automatically distributed and read by any RSS-aware applications, such as Yahoo, Google and many Internet Browsers. Using OmniUpdate, staff can create as many feeds as they need to keep the campus community informed about the latest news, articles, blogs and events. 05.10.2005, WebsiteASP, Inc.
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