Feedgrid is a web-based news aggregator for RSS or Atom feeds.
It allows you to organize your feeds into related topics and view feed items in 2-dimensional grids (rather than a single infinite scroll column).
Our goal is to provide a highly configurable tool to organize large amounts of diverse content and easily check for new content periodically with a bird's eye view .
Grid/Topic/Feed Hierarchy [top]
Content in the app is organized into grids , topics , and feeds , where:
Feed - an RSS or Atom feed, provided by other sites
Topic - a set of 1 or more feeds, picked by the userGrid - a set of 1 or more topics, picked by the user
What Grids Do [top]
A grid displays feed items organized in 2 dimensions, along rows and columns:
(rows) Each row is a topic . Topics are sorted top to bottom such that topics with the newest content are at the top .
(columns) Columns contain feed items in a topic, and are ordered chronologically so that the newest items in a topic are at the left .
Searching For Feeds [top]
You can search and preview feeds using the search page:
Click on the
Search button in navigation bar
Search feeds by their URL text
Click outside of the search box and a feed preview will populate
You can navigate to the feed detail page by clicking the View Feed to browse more items in the feed (and also add it to a topic from the detail page)
Adding Feeds to Grids [top]
Once you have created a grid you can search for feeds and add them in topic groups from a single edit page.
Click on the
Grids icon in the navigation bar or sidebar to manage your grids
Choose an existing grid in the table and click Edit
Search for feeds using the search bar to preview the items
Choose from your existing topics using the selection dropdowns
Drag and drop the blue feed icon into a grid topic
(Please note, if you create a new grid with the New Grid , you can only add existing topics to it)
Creating Topics [top]
A topic is a collection of feeds. You can make a new topic either directly while editing a grid , or by using the topic edit page:
Click on the
Topics icon in the navigation bar or sidebar to manage your topics
Click on the New Topic button
Choose a topic name, a duration for how long items are new , and the feeds in this topic
You can choose feeds by searching them by URL
The topic edit page is slightly faster for adding feeds in bulk to a topic, since it does not display previews of feeds as you search.
