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1. kilakiwi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   I am using WP as my CMS, and I want my home page to be my blog.

   WP is installed in the root of my site (Linux server).

   1. I set my home page in WP to be my blog, but my domain name returns a 404.
   2. My blog URL is: mydomain.com/index.php/blog (I had to add the index.php to the .htaccess file for it to function)
   3. I can't get Feedburner to recognize my feed (404, no matter which URL I use)

   QUESTION: How can I make my home page mydomain.com and still function as a blog, AND get Feedburner to recognize it?

2. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   WP is installed in the root of my site (Linux server).

   My blog URL is: mydomain.com/index.php/blog

   Your blog URL is incorrect. Both it and the WordPress URL should be http://example.com if your blog is in the site root.

3. brockangelo
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   iridiax is right. You should remove any reference to index.php from your htaccess file. Paste in your htaccess via pastebin.com and I'll look at it.

4. kilakiwi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Yes, I did that, and he was right. I was then able to burn the feed, and the URLs are good. But the "subscribe" button just doesn't do anything at all now.

   Here's the htaccess file:
   # BEGIN WordPress
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . / [L]
   </IfModule>

   # END WordPress

   Thank you brockangelo and iridiax for your help.

5. brockangelo
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   I don't think that has anything to do with your htaccess then.
   Do you have the link on your site?

6. kilakiwi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Yes, I added my exact feedburner link to my RSS widget like this:

   Enter the RSS feed URL here: http://feeds.feedburner(dot)com/freedigitalscrapbookquickpages
   Give the feed a title (optional): Subscribe

   When I paste that feed URL into a browser window, it opens the Feedburner landing page with all the subscribe options.

   But when I click the button on my site that the RSS feed widget adds, it does nothing.

   I also tried it with my blog feed URL: freequickpage(dot)com/blog/feed, but that didn't work, either.

   I also have the FeedSmith plugin installed.

   Is there a way to see/edit the widget code? Could that be the problem? Thanks again.

7. brockangelo
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   The problem is that the RSS widget is not designed for that purpose.

   The RSS Widget is intended to pull in feeds from other sites and display them on your site. It does not subscribe people to your feed.

   I've never used FeedSmith, so I can't comment on that; but you may want to consider the "FD Feedburner Plugin". It directs all of your feeds to feedburner automatically.

   If you want to add a link that says "Subscribe", you need to create an html link to the feedburner location.

8. kilakiwi
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   Thank you brockangelo! Wow, I clearly had no clue, but per your advice I deleted the widget, installed the FD Feedburner Plugin, and added an RSS button. When I click the RSS button...it works!!! Thanks again for your help.

   Kim

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