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1. jeanne
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I don't even know where to start asking my questions. I have been reading through numerous posts and am even more confused. I do not have a technical background, so I am kind of lost. I do have a WordPress blog at: http://www.atticshoppe.com/blog/

   I added the following code to my sidebar.php file based on info I read:

   " title="<?php _e('Syndicate this site using RSS'); ?>">
   <img src="http://atticshoppe.com/blog/wp-content/themes/weblogsus/images/rssfeed.gif" alt="RSS Feed" title="RSS Feed" />
   

   I now have an RSS Feed graphic that looks good, but it doesn't work. When you click on it, it says "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."

   When I click on RSS, it says "feed is not a registered protocol."

   I am using My Yahoo for my feeds. This is my page:
   http://my.yahoo.com/p/1.html

   Obviously I have missed something, but I have no clues. At this point, I am not even sure what all I have done!

   Please respond in nontechie terms!

   Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

   Jeanne

2. jeanne
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I am using FireFox 1.0.6.

3. podz
   Support Maven
   Posted 4 years ago #

   People who have a feed reader and click on that button will get the feed loaded into their feed reader program.

   For instance, I use FeedDemon. When I installed it, it created the 'feed' protocol and told the computer that it was the prgram to handle all such matters. So when I click, it all works.

   It is not meant to be looked at in a browser like that.

   From my dealings with Yahoo, the US and UK feeds look quite different for the same feed.

   The BBC have a fairly good explanation of RSS
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/3223484.stm

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   1. We cannot see your yahoo page since we are not logged in as... you :)
   2. If you click on the "RSS feed for theis thread" just below this post, you'll see exactly the same message about "feed". You can remove the word "feed" from your sidebar's code.
   3. The RSS feeds are not really for clicking on them. Feedreaders know what to do with them.
   4. In MyYahoo I just put my blog's URL in the field and the "clever" reader found where the feed is and everything is shown on MyYahoo.

5. jeanne
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   When I click the "RSS feed for this thread," it says "feed is not a registered protocol."

   Does my feed work for you?

   I am not sure where you mean when you say "You can remove the word "feed" from your sidebar's code." Do you mean to remove the graphic?

   When I put my URL in MyYahoo, I get this message: "Sorry, we didn't find anything about "http://www.atticshoppe.com/blog/". But you still may be able to add something about "http://www.atticshoppe.com/blog/" to your page."

   I am still confused...

   Jeanne

6. speedkills
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Your feed is working for me...

   http://host196.ipowerweb.com/~atticsho/blog/?feed=rss2

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