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Updated 2 months ago

Is it possible to embed an RSS feed?

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The community member has a Substack publication and wants to display the RSS feed inside Webstudio. They found the RSS feed URL but are unsure how to embed it in Webstudio. The comments suggest several options, such as rendering the RSS feed data with custom design, outputting a local feed that redirects to the Substack feed, or using a tool like Notion or Airtable to create a collection of the Substack content. One community member suggests using a simple <link /> to make the Substack feed discoverable through the website. Ultimately, the community member decides to use Notion to manage the Substack content in a collection.

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EEsme
I have a Substack publication, and I'm wondering if I can display the RSS feed inside Webstudio somehow?
The Substack help section shows how to get the RSS feed: "You can find the RSS feed for your publication at https://your.substack.com/feed." but I don't have a clue how to embed it in Webstudio (or even if that's possible!) Thanks in advance!
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OOleg Isonen
display the RSS feed inside Webstudio

Can you expand what you mean by this?
EEsme
I guess like a collection from an external CMS?
EEsme
So that I can have something like "prefer to consume your content on Substack, I've got you" and then an 'embed' of my posts
OOleg Isonen
I mean in practical terms, do you want to get the rss feed as data and render it with custom design? or do you just want to output yourwebsite.com/feed that actually serves https://your.substack.com/feed
EEsme
I'm thinking like a collection - so that I can have the title, subtitle and featured image and maybe a "read on Substack" link. Super happy to do this in something like Airtable if it's easier!
EEsme
Actually, I could do exactly the same thing using Notion as a collection! Without faffinf around getting Substack in itself
OOleg Isonen
let me ask this way: you just want your substack rss feed to be discoverable through your website, right?
OOleg Isonen
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Your Feed Title" href="https://yourdomain.com/feed.xml" />

this is basically what you need and you can point that directly to substack
EEsme
Ignore me completely - I can do it with Notion, because that way I can have the title, subtitle, featured image, blog link, substack link + the Medium link all in 1 (I already log everything in Notion, so it makes sense to use that)
EEsme
Sorry to waste your time Oleg, I really appreciate you!
JJacob
there is a template john made for RSS last time I looked - just search this discord
JJacob
@Esme useable ?
EEsme
Thanks love, that looks super awesome!
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