Custom Branded RSS Reader or RSS Aggregator
For limited time, you can get your own rss reader and podcast receiver to giveaway for only $300 one time cost. This is a great marketing opportunity you shouldn't miss out on and really try to get in early in the game before it becomes such a common thing people try to stay away from it (like toolbars!).
To setup your reader, provide us with the required branding options below in the formats specified. You may also choose from the list of optional branding options and send us those creative elements as well. Once payment is confirmed, we will then send you an .exe file to post to your website or distribute to your customers, usually within 1 or 2 business days.
I. Required branding
- Name of your reader to appear on the user's Windows desktop, throughout the reader application, installation screens, and Windows icon e.g. "ABC Reader". Note that if only 12 to 15 characters is ideal since more will be cut-off on Windows desktop label.
- Short-cut icon to appear on desktops when program is loaded - 32x32 pixel ico file (we can create an .ico file with a 32x32 gif image provided if required).
- An .opml file which contains folders/RSS/Atom feeds that you want preloaded into your reader. If you provide us a full URL to your opml file to preload, then you can change your subscriber folders or feeds at any time ("File / Export Channels" in Tristana Reader will produce an .opml file for export and posting to your server). You also have the option to lock any feed to prevent it from being deleted, or have the folders that include your feeds default to be opened or closed.
- You can set the default Topic Panel URL home page for the mini-browser to a URL of your choice (e.g. http://www.abccompany.com).
II. Optional branding
- Customized background image of new content alert pop-up window (305x170 pixel bmp, the reader adds the close "x" in top right corner and title "X channel(s) updated"), a .wav file chime (sound) when alert displays and duration of alert pop-up (default is 10 seconds).
- Top and bottom banners of main display: HTML header or footer can be up to 90 pixels high and any width. It is recommended that your header image graphic(s) or HTML script include fully referenced URLs (ie. www.yoursite.com/header.html) in order to allow you to make updates from your server in the future. You may also want to provide a header image graphic to display if user is offline. To have your header/footer open a link in the Topic Panel (bottom right) of the reader, use "link://http://www.someurl.com".
- Visual theme/skin default can be reset to any of the available options - see menu: "Preferences / Visual Theme" in the reader. You may also provide the user the ability to reset the theme, or hard code a given theme provided.
- Javascript can be enabled as the default. Typically, javascript is disabled in the mini-browser as a default in order to block pop-up ads, as requested by user feedback. However, if you wish to enable javascript in the Topic Panel (mini-browser), we can set that as a default.
- You may wish to start media downloads automatically upon installation/open of reader and display the "Downloads" panel. This can useful for podcasting audio files such as mp3s etc..
- You can customize pull-down menu URLs with your own URLs if desired, bearing in mind that many find our FAQs and user forums very helpful for questions/answers:
About: http://www.tristana.org/about
Help: http://www.tristana.org/help
Help Forum: http://www.tristana.org/help/V149
Create Feed: http://www.tristana.org/writer (you may wish to include your affiliate link here by signing up for our affiliate program at http://www.tristana.org/partners)
- Preload search keywords so that preloaded feeds will automatically be scanned for results.
- If you code a feed link as "reader:http://www.yoursite.com/yourfeed.xml" on your website, and a user left-clicks that feed, it will be automatically added to your reader once confirmed. Note, however, that if a user right clicks in Internet Explorer with links set up this way to "Add Feed to ABC Reader", they will get an error, since "reader:" will be at the start of the URL (you can't use both options with the same link).
- We can add your License Agreement (rtf document) which the end user must agree to prior to installation of your branded reader.
- Our feed search box uses www.syndic8.com (currently the largest RSS search function), however, we can change that search function if we are provided with a URL with the $search$ term embedded in it, which searches an online database of your choice.
- You may preset the default Preference "Automatically delete topics after X days" to a new value, currently it is set at 30 days.
IV. FAQs
Can I set up my own brander reader?
No, we must do all the customization on our end. You simply provide us with the creative elements as above, and we will send you an .exe file to post to your website or distribute to your customers.
Does a branded reader include updates?
Yes, we will make up to 3 revisions or updates to your branded reader at no cost. After that, $50 US per hour applies, with a 2 hour minimum.
Can I make some other custom branding changes to my reader?
Yes, but we charge $50 US per hour with a $100 US minimum charge to make further enhancements to your branding above what is already available above.
For best quality assurance, each reader is hand coded for you. So, take note this is not an automatic download product. Upon payment please send us all the information required to program your reader right away so the programmers can get to your order right away.
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