How to set up a website as news channel source step-by-step

How to set up a website as news channel source step-by-step:

1) First enter the exact URL of the website including http:// or https://, leaf the other lines empty, click save, go to the news page and click refresh. All the information available as text will be shown in the list of news items. (If content is missing, check if the content is embedded by javascript ajax or iframes. If yes, you have to search for the appropriate URL.)
[Example: https://www.dot.ca.gov/dist11/sdmap/summary.php]

2) Find out after which line the relevant news begins. Often, it is a headline like "Information" or "Traffic News" etc. If you don't find such a text, it doesn't matter - you can leave the appropriate field empty. However, more unwanted information will be scanned without.
[Example: LOCATION]


3) Find out after which line the relevant news ends. Often, it is a footer like "Contacts" or "Date" etc. If you don't find such a text, it doesn't matter - you can leave the appropriate field empty. However, more unwanted information will be scanned without.
[Example: Contacts ]


4) Find out which html-tags enclose a news item. Enter these html-tags as start-tag and end-tag for news item. You can use the chrome browser on a PC to analyze the structure of a webpage: Click the news item, make a right click and choose "Inspect elements". There you see the html-structure of the document and you can easy find out, which html-tag is at the beginning of your news item.
[Example: <tr>]

5) Find out which html-tags closes a news item.
[Example: </tr>]

Now, you set up the WebSite as a news channel and you can test it by pressing the Refresh-Button at the news-list.


Please feel free to post your WebSite-channel as a comment on this page.