Event News
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Event Stream
The Event Stream is a list of your event/ecard activities such as RSVPs, new guests/contacts added, photos added, guest/recipient comments and event date/time changes. By default, the event stream appears both in the event report tab, viewable only by the organizer/sender, and on the event/ecard web page. Certain items in the event stream are only viewable by the host/sender.
If the event stream is public, that is, visible on the event/ecard web page, guests/recipients can subscribe to its RSS feed and can post comments which are added to the stream.
You can disable the option for the stream appearing on the web page by unchecking the box "Guests/Recipients can view Event Stream on web page" under the 'event web page' or 'web page' tab. When you leave this option unchecked, you agree to share event/ecard news with your guests/recipients through an Event Stream section on the web page and through the ability to subscribe to a RSS feed. You also agree to allow guests/recipients to post comments that will appear on the event/ecard web page.
Event Stream Management
As mentioned earlier, certain items in the event stream are viewable only by the organizer/sender in the 'event report' tab. These items include bounced email addresses, guests/recipients removed by the organizer/sender and private messages sent by guests/recipients.
Furthermore, the organizer/sender can add tweets (from Twitter) related to a certain search term to the event stream. To do this when creating an invite/ecard, enter a term in the text field under the "Event Stream" section of the 'event web page' or 'web page' tab. To do this after you've already created your invite/ecard, go to your event/ecard management page, click the 'event report' or 'report' tab and enter your term in the text field below the Event Stream then click the <update> button. Adding tweets to your event stream makes your stream more interactive as the content will be constantly updated to reflect tweets found that include your search term. For more on adding tweets to your event stream, please visit the Using Twitter page.
Please note that, as the organizer/sender, you will have the ability to remove individual line items in the Event Stream. This can be done in the event stream found in the 'event report' tab.
RSS Feed
The event news is streamed in RSS (Really Simple Syndication). RSS is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. An RSS feed benefits those who want to be able to receive updates from their favourite websites without needing to visit each website individually. With the help of an RSS reader, these persons only need to subscribe to the RSS feeds of their favourite sites to be able to view the content they want in one place.
RSS Feeds are useful to guests who may not want to visit the event web page to view the event activities. A guest will need an RSS reader to subscribe to the RSS feed of the event news. Once this criterion has been met, a guest can subscribe to the RSS feed of the event news by entering the event web page URL in his/her favourite RSS Reader.