Web User Guide

Table of Contents

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YomoMedia Basics

The YomoMedia website is an RSS feed reader and manager, that works in conjunction with our playback software for smartphones. With the YomoMedia application you can subscribe to syndicated content on the Internet. Once you have subscribed, updates are received automatically whenever the publisher makes changes. If you have a Windows Mobile smartphone or the Apple iPhone, you can also send that content to your device for anytime, anywhere playback.

Bundles and feeds are listed and managed in the Bundle window, on the left-hand side of the application. Other tasks, such as searching and browsing for content, are done in the YomoMedia window on the right hand side.

Bundles are groups of feeds. Use them to group and manage your collections of subscriptions. Ready-made Bundles are available in the Add Content tab. There are featured Bundles created by the YomoMedia staff, and many others created by the user community. You can easily share Bundles of your own with the community with one click.

YomoMedia's software for Windows Mobile allows you to enjoy your content on the go. It is available on our Download page. With YomoMedia, the phone becomes a playback device. You can download content during idle time or overnight. Viewing content is limited only by the type of media the device supports.

For more information on the RSS format, please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

Test Drive the YomoMedia Website

We aim to make the site easy and intuitive to use. We encourage you to dive right in and get started. You can Test Drive YomoMedia right now, without registration.

Creating an Account and Logging In

YomoMedia can be used immediately, without registration. Add, modify, or delete Bundles and feeds as you like. Just get started, and we set a cookie in your browser to keep track of your usage. You will get reminders to register, and if you are inactive for two weeks any changes you've made will be reset to default.

You can create an account at any time before, during or after you use the application. You can sign up for an account, or change your login and password info at Settings > Account. After signup you will be auto-logged in, and your username will be displayed in the far right side of the yellow status bar. You will remain logged in until you click the logout link. Closing the browser and returning later, you will still be logged in.

If you are logged out, or accessing YomoMedia from another system, enter your email or mobile phone number, and password in the login box at the upper right corner of the screen.

The Bundle Window

There is a default set of Bundles in the Bundle window, on the left side of the screen. You can keep them or delete them, add shared Bundles, and create some of your own.

Toggle between views of your Bundles and feeds. Bundles may be arranged by drag and drop (hover your mouse over the Bundle title and click and drag on the crosshair icon). feeds are listed alphabetically by title.

Clicking the Bundle icon next to any Bundle name will show or hide the feed titles contained inside.

Clicking a Bundle title will display a summary view of headlines from each feed in the main window.

Clicking the expand all or collapse all icons in the Bundle toolbar will show or hide the contents of all Bundles.

Clicking any feed title will display its contents in the main window.

Clicking the gear icon to the right of any Bundle or feed will bring up a dialog box with options to perform various operations and view settings.

Adding Content

Ready-to-go Bundles are found under the Add Content tab in the main window. This dashboard view presents Search, Yomo Bundles, Community Bundles, Top Feeds and Feeds by Category.

Featured Bundles, selected by the YomoMedia staff, are highlighted at the top of the main window. Featured Bundles will be selected for interesting and timely content.They are a great starting off point for finding new content. Hover on Bundle titles to view the feeds they contain.

A brief list of user-created Bundles appears below the featured Bundles, along with Feeds by Category and Today's Top Feeds.

You can easily subscribe to any Bundle with one click; it will be automatically added to your Bundle window. If you are interested in only one or two of the feeds inside one of the Bundles, first click the Bundle title to see the summary view of headlines. Each feed title will have a gear icon next to it where you can individually assign that feed to one of your own Bundles with one click.

Adding Feeds

Feeds can be added directly to Bundles with one click.

Feeds can be found by browsing categories, or looking at shared Bundles A feed from a shared Bundle can be put in a Bundle of your own. First click the Bundle title to see the summary view of headlines. Each feed title will have a gear icon next to it where you can assign that feed to one of your own Bundles with one click.

If you have a URL for a feed, it can be added with the New Feed icon in the Bundle Toolbar.

If you are not sure what Bundle to put your feeds into, you can file them later. They are automatically added to the Feeds tab and you can add them to Bundles when you like.

TIP: Feeds can be added to more than one Bundle at a time. Click on each Bundle name in the drop down to add the feed to that Bundle.

Saving Headlines

Individual headlines (articles) can be saved from any feed.

When viewing a feed in the main window in Extended mode, a Save icon is visible below the article. Click the icon to place that article in a feed that you have created, or into My Saved Articles (selected by default if no custom feeds are available).

Creating Feeds

You can create custom feeds of your own, and save articles into them. The feed you create is already in RSS format, and can be published like any other feed. Click on the New Feed icon in the Bundle Toolbar, and in the pop up window click on the link to Create a Custom feed. There you can give it a title, description, and a custom YomoMedia feed URL. That link can be subscribed to by anyone (even yourself). Use them to package selected articles on a topic.

Creating Bundles

Click the New Bundle icon in the Bundle toolbar to create a new, empty Bundle. Any feed can now be placed into this Bundle. Click the gear icon next to the Bundle title to change its properties. You can assign a Bundle to be the default Home view, make it public or private, change the title and description.

Marking Content for Download

If you attach a Windows Mobile device to your YomoMedia account, then feeds will have a phone checkbox icon to their left. Click the checkbox to designate that feed for automatic download to your device. See the Mobile User Guide for information on attaching devices.

Leaving the box unchecked will keep the subscription in your online account, but will not download it to your device.

If more than one device is assigned to your account, additional columns of checkboxes will be displayed.

Viewing Content

There are a variety of ways to view your subscription content. In the Bundle tab, click any Bundle title to view a summary of headlines from all of the feeds contained in that Bundle. Change the mode of the view with the links for Grouped, Extended, and List.

In the Feeds tab, click a feed title to display the full article contents of that channel.

While viewing articles or headlines in the YomoMedia window, clicking on any headline link will open the original feed in a new browser window.