How-To

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an easy way to get the latest updates to the REFOLD database easily via a RSS Consumer such as a news reader or aggregator. If you don't have an RSS aggregator, we recommend RssReader or Safari on Mac OS X.

	Refolding Records Last Added
	Refolding Records Last Updated

Tweaking Feeds

REFOLD's RSS Feeds can be tweaked to be generated depending on your needs. These tweaks mean changes to the above URL and are recommended for advanced users or webmasters only. By default we limit the number of feeds to 15 for the last updated feed and 15 for the last added feeds. To over-ride these to a higher(or lower) value simply append 'limit=%value%' to the URL as below:

http://refold.med.monash.edu.au/rssfeed.php?feed=updated&limit=10 - Limit items returned to 10
http://refold.med.monash.edu.au/rssfeed.php?feed=updated&limit=2 - Limit items returned to 2


Truncate Length

REFOLD's datasets can be quite long, therefore you can ask REFOLD to generate a truncated version of the text (the title element) depending on the length and appending three dots at the end.

http://refold.med.monash.edu.au/rssfeed.php?feed=updated&limit=5&length=5 - Limit item text length to 5 characters max
http://refold.med.monash.edu.au/rssfeed.php?feed=updated&limit=5&length=20 - Limit item text length to 20 characters max