You can create a custom Adobe CQ data feed component that retrieves external data and displays the data within a CQ web page. For example, a CQ component can retrieve data from an RSS feed to let your users view recent forum data. Likewise, a CQ component can retrieve data from a social site like Twitter to keep your users updated with the latest social data, as shown here.
A custom twitter feed component displaying data from the AdobeMktgCloud twitter feed
This development article guides you through how to build a custom CQ twitter feed component and add it to the CQ sidekick.
Once added to the sidekick, authors can drag and drop it onto a CQ page during design time. To view this development article, click this link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/creating-cq-feed-components-display.html.
The CQ sidekick displaying a custom twitter feed component
Once added to the sidekick, authors can drag and drop it onto a CQ page during design time. To view this development article, click this link:
https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/using/creating-cq-feed-components-display.html.
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