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Adding feeds

> What is a feed?
> Add site feeds
> Add your friends' personal feeds
> Add podcast feeds
> Read and post comments
> Change your personal status
> Automatic feed updates
> Feed notifications
> Save feed items permanently
> Set download limits
> Suspend or resume feed updates

Feed What is a feed?

Feeds are live subscriptions which contain anything from your friends' photos and personal updates to videos, music and news. Different sites have different feeds available, eg. Flickr for personal feeds, YouTube for videos, Buzznet for music and bikinis, and Podcasts for a whole lot more.

This applies to ShoZu 3.X and 4.0 Smartphone edition only.

Feeds download automatically in the background and alert you when there is new content.

This applies to ShoZu 4.0 Java edition only.

Feeds update automatically when you open ShoZu.

As feeds update, old content is removed and new content takes its place.

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Feed Add site feeds

This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.

Some sites have feeds available, you can add them by following these steps:

  1. Add a site
  2. Select the site from your list
  3. Click Add more (if available)
  4. Select a feed to add
This applies to ShoZu 3.X Smartphone edition only.
  1. Click ZuCasts > Get ZuCasts
  2. Select a category
  3. Choose a feed to add

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Feed Add your friends' personal feeds

For some site, like Flickr, you can add feeds from anyone marked as your friend or contact. Personal feeds can bring you the latest from your friends, which can be photos, videos, comments, etc, depending on the site.

This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.
  1. Add a site with personal feeds
  2. Select the site in your list
  3. Click Add more

My profile - contains feeds from your profile, like recent photos, comments on your photos, and the latest photos from your contacts.
Alphabetical listings - lists all your contacts so you can add their feeds.

Tip: If you see an interesting photo in the My profile feed you can add this friend's full feed immediately:

  1. Open a photo in the My profile feed
  2. Click add feed from the menu

Note: The total number of friends displayed in the alphabetical listings may be limited depending on the site and your phone.

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This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.

Feed Add podcast feeds

Many other entertainment, news and information feeds are available as podcasts (eg. Rocketboom video episodes, ABC movie reviews, MSNBC news feeds, etc):

  1. Click Add site
  2. Select Podcasts
  3. Wait a moment while the list of feeds is downloaded
  4. Open the Podcasts site and click Add more to add feeds

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This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.

Comment Read and post comments

You can read and post comments on any items in your friends' personal feeds (and various other feeds) that you find interesting:

  1. View an item
  2. Scroll down to read any existing comments
  3. From the menu click Add comment
  4. Click the more button More and then the Comment button
  5. Write your comment and click OKSend

To read and reply to comments people make on your photos and videos (if available for your site):

  1. Select a site with personal feeds
  2. Click Add more
  3. Select the My profile folder
  4. Select the My comments feed
  5. Your comments will appear in this feed for you to read and reply to

Tip: New comments download automatically whenever ShoZu connects.

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This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.

AddSites Change your personal status

Your status tells your friends where you are, what you're doing, how you're feeling, etc. You can view and change your status for sites which allow this (eg. Facebook):

  1. Click the site
  2. Click My status (if available)
  3. Enter your new status and click Send

Your status is now changed and your friends will be notified every time you update it.

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Feed Automatic feed updates

You can specify the times you wish to automatically download feed updates each day:

This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.

  • From the menu click Go to > Settings > Feeds > Download times

This applies to ShoZu 3.X Smartphone edition only.

  • From the menu click Settings > ZuCasts > Download times

Tip: To manually check for feed updates at any time select Check for updates from the menu.

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Feed Feed notifications

ShoZu will automatically alert you when added feeds have new content. To turn alerts on or off:

  1. Highlight a feed
  2. From the menu click More actions
  3. Choose either Set alert or Cancel alert

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Feed Save feed items permanently

You can save your favorite items so they are not removed when the feed updates, then delete them when ready:

This applies to ShoZu 4.0 only.

  1. Highlight an item
  2. From the menu click More actions > Save/Delete

This applies to ShoZu 3.x Smartphone edition only.

  1. Highlight an item
  2. From the menu click Save

To delete a saved item:

  1. Open the Saved files folder
  2. Highlight an item
  3. From the menu click Delete

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Feed Set download limits

You can set a weekly download limit to help manage your data costs. If your feeds exceed this limit, ShoZu will stop downloading and give you an option to continue.

  1. From the menu choose Settings > Feeds/ZuCasts > Download limit
  2. Set your limit in megabytes (MB)

Tip: Entering "0" removes the limit completely (only advisable if you are on an unlimited data plan).

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Feed Suspend or resume feed downloads

You can suspend feeds at any time to stop them from updating, and resume them when ready:

  1. Highlight a feed
  2. From the menu select Suspend or Resume

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This is HELP version 4.0 updated April 2008