Backing up Feedreader database

If you need to transfer your Feedreader data files to new computer or just backup files for storage then it's easily possible.

Feedreader stores all the data in one file. It's named rssengine.fdb.

rssengine.fdb can be found in two locations (it depends on choosed installation method):

• c:\program files\feedreader30\data\ (or the directory where you installed Feedreader)
• c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\application data\feedreader\

If you also want to backup feedreader program settings (proxies, localization, ...) then please backup feedreader.ini what is located in following locations:

• c:\program files\feedreader30\ (or the directory where you installed Feedreader)
• c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\application data\feedreader\

Displaying custom RSS information in article page

We have been asked a lot of times about showing custom RSS fields (comment link and so on) on article page.

At the moment the standard article page does not contain those custom fields because we like to keep things simple.

At the same time the internals of Feedreader are REALLY REALLY advanced and theoretically you can display whatever custom RSS field in article page. By the way - you can even specify your own custom fields if you publish feed. And then make Feedreader display those custom fields the way you want.

Little example

Feed contains information

<itunes:duration>13:27</itunes:duration>.

Feedreader publishes this information in article page, too. It's converted into

<frc:itunes_duration>13:27</frc:itunes_duration>

So it's only matter of adding special rules to stylesheet to display this information in article page.

Exploring custom information in feed

If you want to explore what custom information one or another feed has, please use test stylesheet (attached below). Save it as custom.xsl to stylesheet folder.

Download demo

I have created an example (attached below) how you could display "comments" link in article page. Save it to stylesheet folder and rename to "custom.xsl". After this you should see comments link under article title in minibrowser.

Running Feedreader from USB flash memory

If there is need to run Feedreader from USB flash memory then you must do following modifications to Feedreader installation:

1) Move feedreader.ini from folder c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\application data\Feedreader\ to the folder where Feedreader application files are located (initially c:\program files\Feedreader30).

2) Create folder named DATA inside the folder where Feedreader application files are located (eg c:\program files\feedreader30\data).

3) Move rssengine.fdb file from folder c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\application data\Feedreader\ to DATA folder.

If you followed these steps, Feedreader should store all data in application directory and it's possible to move application directory to USB flash memory.

Tuning Feedreader with advanced configuration options

There are some advanced configuration options what can be applied only by editing feedreader.ini configuration file.

Feedreader configuration file is located in

c:\documents and settings\USERNAME\application data\Feedreader or in c:\program files\feedreader30\

Configuration options should be written below [misc] section.

There are following configuration options:

• viewcount=number - By default Feedreader displays only 1000 first items in item view. Items are limited because of performance reasons. You can change this number to be bigger or smaller.
• webviewcount=number - By default feedreader displays only 100 first items if you are using Web view (Alt+3). If you would like to change this number bigger or smaller then input in configuration file new number (for example webviewcount=200)
• disableactivex=true - If you use this option then Feedreader will disable ActiveX controls in minibrowser.
• disablejava=true - If you use this option then Feedreader will disable Java (not Javascript) in minibrowser.
• dbdirectory=location - If needed you can move Feedreader database to some other location. NB! Database does not work from network locations.
• visualsupport=1 - for added visually impaired
• fontsize=number - Change font size for Feedreader
• fontname=font name - Change font name for Feedreader. Try Arial or Verdana for example
• skipvercheck=yes - Disable automatic version update check
• httpConnectionTimeout=55 (number in seconds) - for slow connections or slow servers
• httpReadTimeout=55 (number in seconds) - for slow connections or slow servers
• noautomaticviewrefresh=1 - disable automatic refreshing of article list in case new articles are coming in