Managing Folders

This section describes how to manage subscriptions once they are created.

The Feed Icons

This is the standard icon for subscriptions. Note that Liferea supports individual icons provided by a "favicon.ico" file on the webserver. Liferea always tries to download this file and use it instead of the default icon.
This is the icon for OCS and OPML directory subscriptions.
This icon or a similar icon (because it's GTK theme dependant) may indicate on of the following conditions:
  • That the feed was not yet downloaded.
  • That the last retrieval failed.
  • That the content of the feed is mal-formed.

How to update feeds

There are three possibilities to update a feed:

But the best way might be to use none of the above. Just let Liferea update your subscription periodically. To learn more about updating read the help item on "Updating Subscriptions".

How to change the properties of a feed

To change the properties of a subscription (the title, the source URL, the update interval and cache settings) either select "Properties" from the context menu by right clicking the feed in the feedlist or selecting "Properties" from the feed menu. The properties dialog will then appear. The settings of the properties dialog are described in the "Feed Properties" help item.

How to remove something

To remove anything just select the remove option either from the feed list context menu or the "Subscriptions" menu after selecting the feed list entry to remove. When removing subscription this will remove the subscription and all of its cached contents.

How to reorder folder contents

To reorder feed list elements simply drag them with the mouse and drop them into their new destination. A little line is shows where the destination will be while dragging a feed or folder.

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