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1. lovequittingsmoking
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,
   I use feedburner's feedflare and would like "email author" to appear - but it does not.
   This requires my email address to be encoded with the feed.

   How do I make that happen?

   I do have the author chosen and included an email address for posts.
   But this isn't working either.

   What code do I have to add and where to make this work?

   Thanks so much.

   Happy Holidays

   All the Best,
   Joey Keim

2. Kafkaesqui
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You'd have to add the author sub-element (tag) yourself to the RSS2 script: wp-rss2.php. This is found in your blog's root directory. Under the <item> element you'll find this:

   <dc:creator><?php the_author() ?></dc:creator>
<?php the_category_rss() ?>

   Modify it to:

   <dc:creator><?php the_author() ?></dc:creator>
<author><?php the_author_email(); ?></author>
<?php the_category_rss() ?>

   Notes:

   To protect yourself when editing core WordPress files, make backups of the files you are editing, and comment your changes for future reference.

   The reason the author sub-element is not a part of the RSS2 script by default is because of concerns over email address harvesting for spam use. Something to keep in mind when making email addresses public.

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