Motivation

Solution

• Install CMFSin.
• In the zmi, locate the sin_tool tool, and edit it's config.
• Define a channel (a name-value pair in the [channels] section of the config) corresponding to the del.icio.us or flickr feed you want to pull into your site. 

e.g., to pull in links and photos of the New Orleans Symposium
delicious_plonesymposium2005=http://del.icio.us/rss/tag/plonesymposium2005
flickr_plonesymposium2005=http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags=plonesymposium2005&format=rss_091

• Define a map (a name-value pair in the [maps] section of the config) combining the feeds you are interested in displaying

e.g., completing the example above:
plonesymposium2005-pics=flickr_plonesymposium2005
plonesymposium2005-links=delicious_plonesymposium2005

• Finally, if you would like these feeds to appear on the sidebar, in the zmi, edit the Portal's root properties, and add these portlets to your left or right slot:

here/sin_tool/macros/plonesymposium2005-links
here/sin_tool/macros/plonesymposium2005-pics

• Even w/out displaying your links on the sidebar, the CMFSin tool will expose your links at these urls:

/sinList?synmap=plonesymposium2005-links
/sinList?synmap=plonesymposium2005-pics

• http://www.flickr.com/services/feeds/
• http://del.icio.us/doc/about (search for Feeds)