Add RSS Headlines To Your AIM Profile (via Adium)
April 2, 2006
If you’re an Adium user on Mac OS X, then you have the ability to dynamically insert a RSS headline in your AOL Instant Messager (AIM) profile from your favorite feed. Here’s how you do it:
- First, visit Adium’s “Xtras” page for the RSS News Headlines Xtra.
- Follow the instructions on that page which include installing the XML Tools Scripting Addon
- Launch the Adium RSS Reader application and configure it for your favorite RSS feed.
- Update your AIM profile and insert the text “%_rss” for where you want your RSS headline to show
- If everything works, your profile should look like this:
That’s it! I highly recommend trying some of the other Adium Xtras to spice up your Instant Messaging.
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