Following Websites with Feedly

Following dynamic websites can be challenging.  Some provide email updates which requires registration and can be overwhelming for active websites.  In many cases, the only option is periodically checking the website.  One online periodical that I follow provides a list of articles but not in date sequence and does not 'remember' that I have read an article.  

Bernie Michalik (https://smartpeopleiknow.com/) mentioned Feedly (https://feedly.com/) as a good tool for keeping track of websites that provide RSS or Atom feeds.  Feedly can be accessed via its website and mobile apps.  The free version supports 100 feeds organised into a maximum of three folders.  It only supports websites that publish an RSS/Atom feed.  If you attempt to add a website that does not (Facebook for example), Feedly will prompt you to use its RSS Builder feature which requires a Pro+ or higher paid subscription.

I often remember reading an article but cannot track down the URL or can recall enough keywords to find it via Google Search.  Feedly keeps track of articles I have read or marked as read, organised by feed - a quick scan often finds what I am looking for.

I found that I could use Feedly to follow some forum posts, useful when email notifications are not available or not working properly.  However, the forum platform needs to provide an RSS/Atom 'comment feed' for individual forums.  Bernie's website provides that capability.  Drupal core does not provide that feature - if I try to add https://techandtravel.sinet.ca/blogs/norbert/energy-going-solar to Feedly, it suggests https://techandtravel.sinet.ca/ and prompts me to upgrade and use RSS Builder.  I have made some progress in generating comment feeds for my website, but I am still missing a few key steps.

Feedly on the mobile app appears to 'batch' unread articles - although all displayed articles are read or marked read, yet exiting and starting Feedly displays another batch.  It appears that swiping up or clicking on the 'Mark all as read' button refreshes the article list.  The list of feeds (low left icon) shows an 'unread' counter by feeds - I can view just those posts.  Sometimes 'read' articles reappear, possibly because of delays in reporting article status to the Feedly servers.  I was using the Feedly in-app browser to view articles but ran into one feed that required authentication, not with a username/password but via an email with a link - there is a Feedly Settings option to use the system browser.

Feedly provides comprehensive documentation at https://docs.feedly.com/article/523-getting-started-with-feedly including many features I have not yet tried.