Having RSS is a key Padlet feature which makes it really like a true blogging platform, but for some reason the people at Padlet don't explain this feature. If you search the Knowledge Base for RSS, nothing comes up.
But the RSS is there!
So, for example, using the RSS reader Inoreader, all I have to do is paste the padlet address into Inoreader, and Inoreader can "autodiscover" the RSS feed. Here is a Hanuman padlet I made for a class project:
https://padlet.com/laurakgibbs/hanuman
I just paste that address into Inoreader, and it finds the feed, and prompts me to follow the feed (which means that all new posts show up in my Inoreader library):
Now here's what's sneaky: you can then look up the RSS feed address in Inoreader:
See that strange alphanumeric in the RSS address?
https://padlet.com/padlets/gv7plq1gw3qb/exports/feed.xml
That's the unique identifier for the padlet. You can actually see that displayed when you first create the padlet, but if you decide to change the address of your padlet to something more user-friendly, then you don't see that unique ID anymore.
So, you can let Inoreader figure that out... but if you want to figure it out on your own, doing just what Inoreader does: you can look at view-page-source in your browser, and there it is! Click on the image for a larger view:
Thanks to the magic of RSS, a Padlet-based blog can become part of our MYFest blog network, just like any Blogger or WordPress blog. Justt add your blog to the network, and you'll see! The MYFest Writer's Room webpage has the form for adding your blog, and it also shows the latest blog post stream. :-)
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