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Nine
types of feeds will be generated for your radar by default: News, Blogs, Web
Search, Articles, Video, Amazon, Forums, Images and Bids. Select
desired mix of feeds by checking or un-checking
Feed Type checkboxes on the top of the page.
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Enter
radar search keyword or phrase, e.g.
swords or
“archeological discovery”+
Greece
, and click Generate button. Feed
items will be displayed below in the preview pane.
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Review
the results to ensure your selection criteria finds what you expect. You can
modify search criteria at any time and click on
Generate button again to refresh the results. You can also exclude
unwanted feed types by un-checking a checkbox beside appropriate feed type in
the preview pane.
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Once
you are satisfied with the quality and relevance of returned feed items and you
are creating new Radar, you could click on
Publish New Radar button on
the bottom of the page. Pop-up window for entering your radar description
will be displayed.
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Enter
radar name and radar description, and click on
Save button. Congratulations, your
radar is now created! Message appears. To access your new radar, click
on My Radars link located on the
top menu bar. You can also access your published radars from any RadarFarms
page by clicking on My Radars links in the menu. Once the radar is
created you can modify it’s description, add or edit RSS feeds, and attach them
to your radar using RadarFarms administration module. To access it,
click on My Admin link located on the top menu bar.
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If
you would like to add the returned feed items to your existing Radar, click on
Update Existing Radar button on the bottom of the page. Pop-up window
for editing your radar description will be displayed.
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Edit
radar name and radar description or keep them, and click on
Save button. Congratulations! You
successfully updated your Radar message appears.
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two advanced pieces of functionality are available for Radar Wizard user:
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Advanced
Selection:
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Advanced
Selection functionality allows
you to create or edit your own radar using the following options:
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Including
all the words – the return
feed’s items
contain ALL the search terms you type in.
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| 2. |
Including
an exact phrase
– the returned feed’s items contain the exact phrase you type in
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| 3. |
Including
at least one of the words
– the returned feed’s items contain at least one of the words you type in
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Please
note:
At least one Including condition
should be filled in
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Excluding
all of these words
- the returned feed’s items do NOT contain any of the words you type in
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Domain
with three (3) sub-options:
a)
Any
– no constraints on source of the returned feed’s items
b)
Including
– the feed’s items are returned only from one domain (e.g.,
www.cnn.com)
c)
Excluding
– the feed’s items are returned only from all sources but one domain (e.g.,
www.cnn.com)
When
you chosen the advanced selection options, click on
Generate
button. Feed items will be displayed
below in the preview pane. Review the results to ensure your selection criteria
finds what you expect. You can modify search criteria at any time and click on
Generate button again to refresh the results. Then you could add the
returned feed’s items to your new or existing Radar (see item 4-7 from Radar
Wizard help above)
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Widget
Generation
:
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Radar
Widget is a snippet of code that can be embedded in any
HTML or PHP page on your site or blog to display fifteen (15) most
recent items from your radar, which is hosted on
RadarFarms.
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Open a page file where you want to
install your editor of choice.
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Find
a place in the HTML or PHP code where you’d like your widget to
appear.
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Copy
and paste your radar widget code below into the file and save
it.
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