| Administering the Community / Configuring Content-Related Settings | |
Administrators can control the default behavior of feeds used to stay current on content changes.
Users can choose to receive feeds (RSS, JSON, or Atom). As an administrator, you can configure aspects of these feeds, such as which feed technology is used, whether basic authentication is required, and so on.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Enable Feeds | Enables feeds across the community. |
| Author Format | Specifies how the author will be displayed in the feed. |
| Basic Authentication | Turns on the requirement that feed requests specify a user name and password. |
| Default Format | Default format for feeds generated by the community. |
| Number of Items | The number of items returned for each feed. |
| Show | Specifies whether the feed results should include the full text of the content or only a summary of it. |
| Length of Summary | Specifies how much of the content (how many characters) should be included in the feed result summary. |
For more on feeds, be sure to see Working with Feeds.