diff --git a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.7-6.99.0.pl b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.7-6.99.0.pl
index 93fe3054f..cb6466739 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.7-6.99.0.pl
+++ b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_6.8.7-6.99.0.pl
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ sub addWorkflow {
 			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CleanFileCache", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CleanLoginHistory", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::ArchiveOldThreads",
 			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::TrashExpiredEvents", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CreateCronJob", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::DeleteExpiredSessions",
 			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::DeleteExpiredGroupings", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::PurgeOldAssetRevisions",
-			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::ExpireSubscriptionCodes", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::PurgeOldTrash"],
+			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::ExpireSubscriptionCodes", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::PurgeOldTrash", 
+			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::GetSyndicatedContent"],
 		"WebGUI::User"=>["WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CreateCronJob"],
 		"WebGUI::VersionTag"=>["WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CommitVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::RollbackVersionTag", 
 			"WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::TrashVersionTag", "WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::CreateCronJob"]
@@ -203,6 +204,8 @@ sub addWorkflow {
 		}, "pbworkflow000000000004");
 	$activity = $workflow->addActivity("WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::DeleteExpiredSessions", "pbwfactivity0000000009");
 	$activity->set("title", "delete expired sessions");
+	$activity = $workflow->addActivity("WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::GetSyndicatedContent", "pbwfactivity0000000012");
+	$activity->set("title", "Get syndicated content");
 	WebGUI::Workflow::Cron->create($session, {
                 title=>'Hourly Maintenance',
                 enabled=>1,
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
index e07690eec..cd495c374 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ sub _normalize_items {
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub _get_rss_data {
-	my $self = shift;
+	my $session = shift;
         my $url = shift;
         
-	my $cache = WebGUI::Cache->new($self->session,'url:' . $url, 'RSS');
+	my $cache = WebGUI::Cache->new($session,'url:' . $url, 'RSS');
         my $rss_serial = $cache->get;
         my $rss = {};
         if ($rss_serial) {
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ sub _get_rss_data {
                 my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => 5);
                 my $response = $ua->get($url);
                 if (!$response->is_success()) {
-                        $self->session->errorHandler->warn("Error retrieving url '$url': " . 
+                        $session->errorHandler->warn("Error retrieving url '$url': " . 
                              $response->status_line());
                         return undef;
                 }
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ sub _get_rss_data {
 			my $encoding = 'utf8';
 			if (lc($xmlEncoding) ne lc($encoding)) {
 				eval {	from_to($xml, $xmlEncoding, $encoding) };
-				$self->session->errorHandler->warn($@) if ($@);
+				$session->errorHandler->warn($@) if ($@);
 			}
 				
 		}
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ sub _get_rss_data {
                         XML::RSSLite::parseXML($rss_lite, \$xml);
                 };
                 if ($@) {
-                        $self->session->errorHandler->warn("error parsing rss for url $url :".$@);
+                        $session->errorHandler->warn("error parsing rss for url $url :".$@);
 			#Returning undef on a parse failure is a change from previous behaviour,
 			#but it SHOULDN'T have a major effect.
 			return undef;
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ sub _get_rss_data {
                 $rss_lite = {channel => $rss_lite};
                 if (!($rss->{channel} = 
                       _find_record($rss_lite, qr/^channel$/))) {
-                        $self->session->errorHandler->warn("unable to find channel info for url $url");
+                        $session->errorHandler->warn("unable to find channel info for url $url");
                 }
                 if (!($rss->{items} = _find_record($rss_lite, qr/^items?$/))) {
-                        $self->session->errorHandler->warn("unable to find item info for url $url");
+                        $session->errorHandler->warn("unable to find item info for url $url");
                         $rss->{items} = [];
 		}
                 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ sub _get_rss_data {
 		#Assign dates "globally" rather than when seen in a viewed feed.
 		#This is important because we can "filter" now and want to ensure we keep order
 		#correctly as new items appear.
-		$self->_assign_rss_dates($rss->{items});
+		_assign_rss_dates($session, $rss->{items});
 
                 #Default to an hour timeout
                 $cache->set(Storable::freeze($rss), 3600);
@@ -311,17 +311,17 @@ sub _get_rss_data {
 # whole database to keep the thing from growing too large
 
 sub _assign_rss_dates {
-	my $self = shift;
+	my $session = shift;
         my ($items) = @_;
         
         for my $item (@{$items}) {
                 my $key = 'dates:' . ($item->{guid} || $item->{title} || 
                                       $item->{description} || $item->{link});
-                my $cache = WebGUI::Cache->new($self->session,$key, 'RSS');
+                my $cache = WebGUI::Cache->new($session,$key, 'RSS');
                 if (my $date = $cache->get()) {
                         $item->{date} = $date;
                 } else {
-                        $item->{date} =$self->session->datetime->time();
+                        $item->{date} =$session->datetime->time();
                         $cache->set($item->{date}, '1 year');
                 }
         }
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ sub _get_items {
                 $items = [];
                 
                 for my $url (@{$urls}) {
-		    my $rss_info=$self->_get_rss_data($url);
+		    my $rss_info=_get_rss_data($self->session,$url);
 		    push(@rss_feeds, $rss_info) if($rss_info);
                 }
 
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/GetSyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/GetSyndicatedContent.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3be986f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow/Activity/GetSyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::GetSyndicatedContent;
+
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2006 Plain Black Corporation.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use base 'WebGUI::Workflow::Activity';
+use WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Package WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::GetSyndicatedContent;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Prefetches syndicated content URLs so that the pages can be served up more quickly.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+See WebGUI::Workflow::Activity for details on how to use any activity.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+These methods are available from this class:
+
+=cut
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 definition ( session, definition )
+
+See WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::defintion() for details.
+
+=cut 
+
+sub definition {
+	my $class = shift;
+	my $session = shift;
+	my $definition = shift;
+	my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($session, "Asset_SyndicatedContent");
+	push(@{$definition}, {
+		name=>$i18n->get("get syndicated content"),
+		properties=> { }
+		});
+	return $class->SUPER::definition($session,$definition);
+}
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 execute (  )
+
+See WebGUI::Workflow::Activity::execute() for details.
+
+=cut
+
+sub execute {
+	my $self = shift;
+	#In the new Wobject, "rssURL" actually can refer to more than one URL.
+    	my @syndicatedWobjectURLs = $self->session->db->buildArray("select distinct SyndicatedContent.rssUrl from SyndicatedContent left join asset on SyndicatedContent.assetId=asset.assetId where asset.state='published'");
+    	foreach my $url(@syndicatedWobjectURLs) {
+        	#Loop through the SyndicatedWobjects and split all the URLs they are syndicating off into
+        	#a separate array.
+        	my @urlsToSyndicate = split(/\s+/,$url);
+        	foreach ((@urlsToSyndicate)) {
+            		WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent::_get_rss_data($self->session,$_);
+        	}
+    	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+
+1;
+
+
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
index 36d7b45d4..cf87a6414 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/i18n/English/Asset_SyndicatedContent.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 package WebGUI::i18n::English::Asset_SyndicatedContent;
 
 our $I18N = {
+	     'get syndicated content' => {
+		     'lastUpdated' => 0, 
+		     'message' => 'Get Syndicated Content',
+			context => ' the title of the get syndicated content workflow activity'
+		    },
+		
 	     '1' => {
 		     'lastUpdated' => 1031514049,
 		     'message' => 'URL to RSS File'
diff --git a/sbin/Hourly/GetSyndicatedContent.pm b/sbin/Hourly/GetSyndicatedContent.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a419f666..000000000
--- a/sbin/Hourly/GetSyndicatedContent.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package Hourly::GetSyndicatedContent;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use WebGUI::SQL;
-use WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent;
-
-=head2 Hourly::GetSyndicatedContent
-
-Loops through all the URLs in the SyndicatedWobjects and puts them into WebGUI::Cache if they haven't been spidered or if they have expired from the cache. This should reduce HTTP traffic a little, and allow for more granular scheduling of feed downloads in the future.
-
-=cut
-
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub process{
-
-    #In the new Wobject, "rssURL" actually can refer to more than one URL.
-    my @syndicatedWobjectURLs = WebGUI::SQL->buildArray("select distinct SyndicatedContent.rssUrl from SyndicatedContent left join asset on SyndicatedContent.assetId=asset.assetId where asset.state='published'");
-    foreach my $url(@syndicatedWobjectURLs) {
-
-	#Loop through the SyndicatedWobjects and split all the URLs they are syndicating off into
-	#a separate array.
-	
-	my @urlsToSyndicate = split(/\s+/,$url);
-	foreach ((@urlsToSyndicate)) {
-	    WebGUI::Asset::Wobject::SyndicatedContent::_get_rss_data($_);
-	}
-    }
-}
-
-
-
-1;