Operation Manual

Adding Dynamic Web Objects 141
CAPTCHA gateway
To protect against spam emails, Serif Web Resources uses
a CAPTCHA gateway if you've not added a CAPTCHA
form control directly to your form (see Form controls on
p. 133). On form submission, this enables a security check
offering a random text string for the web visitor to
reproduce in an text box.
Passing the check initiates form submission.
RSS feeds and podcasts
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds are streams of constantly changing
news and information which are very popular on fast-paced websites. The
popularity of RSS feeds is evident if you use Internet-based news services
regularly. You'll see RSS feeds indicated on websites by a symbol—by
clicking the symbol the user may be able to manually or automatically subscribe
to that RSS feed via a RSS Reader.
Podcasts are syndication feeds just like RSS feeds but offer slightly different
options that reflect a podcast's use of digital media such as audio and video files.
Put simply, RSS feeds will publish articles, while podcasts will broadcast
information as episodes.
In WebPlus, you can create your own RSS feeds or podcasts that you can
frequently publish and update. In essence, you become the publisher (rather than
the reader) of one or more information services containing headlines, site
summaries or your very own articles. For podcasts, you broadcast media clips as
episodes.
The examples below show a constantly updating fictitious school's podcast with
clickable links to media (both audio and video).