Posted 3 years ago #
I can’t seem to get RSS working for tags.
Here’s what’s happening:
1) I click on a tag link
2) All entries with that tag assigned display
3) I click on the default RSS link at the bottom of the page
4) The xml actually contains ALL entries, not just those specific to this tag.
I’m quite sure I’m doing something wrong, but I just can’t seem to figure out what it is!
As usual, any help gratefully accepted…
cheers.
Hard to say for sure, without a link, but in most themes that "default RSS link" at the bottom of the page is always for all entries. It doesn't adapt as you go from page to page.
I'm reasonably certain that UTW will do tag feeds though. If using pretty Permalinks, just tack a /feed/ on the end of the url when looking at a tag list.
Posted 3 years ago #
Thanks HandySolo,
Unfortunately, although I've got permalinks working for the rest of my blog, I haven't yet mastered the url rewriting for tags (that's one of my other posts on this forum...). So when I add the /feed/ to the end of the url, it just tells me I'm looking for something that doesn't exist.
Further to this, is there some way to add a link? Or is that not really necessary? When someone wants the RSS feed, are they most likely to just append the /feed/ to the URL or are they more likely to look for an RSS link?
Cheers.
Posted 3 years ago #
You're using the outdated and security problematic 1.5.2 version, right?
Please update to the current stable version, 2.0.4.
Posted 3 years ago #
Ok. I've now upgraded to 2.0.4 and permalinks and tag rewrite are both working. However, when I append "/feed/" to the end of my url (after clicking on a tag), I get the Error 404 - File Not Found error.
Further, is there some way to add a blog-wide, dynamically updating link? e.g. "RSS Feed for this Tag" (much as this forum has a "RSS feed for this thread" link). I'd also like to add one for Category.
Cheers.
dynamic is a pain in the rear. however, if you already list your categories in the sidebar/footer, check the documentation on wp_list_cats(): http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_cats
You can modify your theme to use the feed or feed_image parms and offer each category's feed from there.
Posted 3 years ago #
Thanks HandySolo,
I've been trying to add the feed_image param, but I'm not sure how to make it work alongside the sort_order param. What's the syntax when you've got two parameters (I couldn't find this info on the linked page)?
Cheers.
In general, it would look like:
parm1=value&parm2=value&parm3=value etc.
Just seperate parameter name = value with ampersands (&) and you're good to go.
Posted 3 years ago #
Thanks again,
Still couldn't get the image to display. Not sure why. Think I might give it up for now. It looks like it's gonna remove the number of entries anyway, and I'm not sure I wanna do that.
In general, are people who grab feeds from blogs comfortable doing so without overt and/or graphical links?
Cheers.
Posted 3 years ago #
Oh... and I'm still getting that 404 File Not found error when I append the /feed/ to the URL. Any ideas why?
Cheers.
Posted 3 years ago #
Gosh, that one's way over my head, sorry! This can be considered a "helper" bump.... maybe someone with some real info will be along before the thread get's deep-sixed again....
Posted 3 years ago #
Internet sleuthing leads me here:
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:CV0gS8A4z1YJ:www.neato.co.nz/archives/2006/07/12/ultimate-tag-warrior-314/+utw+do_feed&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=3
Apparently there is some kind of solution, but everything is coming up 404.
I updated to the newest version of UTW, which supposedly fixes the issue... maybe so, because I do get a feed--but the feed is my main feed, not tag specific!
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