How to Add New Feeds
RSS Probe lets you add feeds in a couple of ways as below:
Enter a feed URL manually
- Tap
on the Settings screen. - Select "Enter a feed URL".
- Enter a feed URL without "http://". Note that the URL must end with the file name.
ex.) www.example.com/index.xml
- The name of the site will be displayed. Tap
if it's correct.
Import feeds from your OPML file
- Lead-up: Export your OPML file from another feed reader, then upload it to some online location.
- Tap on the Settings screen.
- Select "Import from your OPML file".
* Once you enter an URL, it will show up again next time. - Enter an OPML file's URL without "http://". Note that the URL must end with the file name.
ex.) www.example.com/myfeeds.opml
- The feed list gets extracted from the OPML file. You can choose any number of feeds from it.
* The list will be saved until you enter another URL. - Tap when finished.
Appendix
RSS Probe also lets you import the subscription list from Google Reader. Please note that we do not officially support this "tricky" method due to possible changes of the specs of Google Reader in the future.
Import your subscription list from Google Reader
- On the Google Reader's screen, select "Settings" -> "Folders and Tags".
- Mark the checkbox for the folder to import, then select "Public" in the "Change sharing..." dropdown menu.
- Click the "view public page" link to identify its URL.
- Write down your 20-digit user number contained in the URL.
- On the RSS Probe's Settings screen, tap , then select "Import from your OPML file".
- Enter "g/usernumber/foldername" as exemplified below:
ex.) If you share the folder called "probe", its public page's URL would look like this:
http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/12345678901234567890/label/probe
It means your user number is 12345678901234567890, so enter the following string:
g/12345678901234567890/probe
- The subscribed feeds in the folder will be displayed. You can choose any number of feeds from the list.
* The list will be saved until you enter another URL. - Tap when finished.
