We are going to spend more time on our blog covering the features Genwi offers. The goal of these posts is to make the site more productive for more people. We find that lots of our features remain undiscovered until we explain them more completely.
Our first topic is importing subscriptions from other feed readers. One important way to begin following sources in Wire is to import an OPML file. The OPML file is a pre-packaged list of feeds. Subscribing to all the feeds in an OPML is as simple as importing the OPML file. Getting the OPML file of a subscription list from Google Reader, Bloglines or other feed reading application is what we’ll explain.
From within a feed reader application the Import/Export tool is usually available. In Google Reader it is under “Settings.” People can get there by clicking “manage subscriptions.” The Import/Export tool is a tab under settings. When the Import/Export tab is selected they have a link to export subscriptions as an OPML file. Once the OPML file is exported and saved to a local disk it can be imported into Genwi.
Exporting subscriptions from Google Reader
Importing OPMLs to Genwi only requires clicking on the Import feeds/OPML link under the Wire tab. (It is beneath Public Wire on the left side menu.) Within that popup is a field to import an OPML file. Clicking “browse” will find the OPML file that was exported. After the OPML is found, clicking “continue” will begin importing all of the subscriptions from the OPML file.
