Article Channels
Article Channels are used to create logical groups of Article Items. They are also used to display a public RSS feed of Article Items. The RSS feed URL of a channel can be found by viewing the page properties.
The intention of this module is to create public RSS feeds for use in the various modules. For instance each console home page can be configured using
Private Labeling to display different link groups in the content area. These link groups can contain things like company news or update details.
Another use of these channels is to group Article Items that may never be used as an RSS feed and give that group a label. For instance, Articles are commonly used as help files for the various modules and features. These help files are arranged into channels to make it easier to locate and manage the help files, but the help file RSS feed may never be used. Also, by specifying the consuming site in the channel title, the Article Items may contain specific content and links within that site.
Although some of these groups have specific purposes, they were developed to anticipate future needs. They produce standard RSS 2.0 XML so that they can be consumed by any RSS aggregator. We are also sure they will be used in new ways in [cp:privateLabeling default='Centralpoint' key='ProductTitle' /] as time goes on.