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1. JenCat
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I would like to give people the option to subscribe to my blog so that they automatically receive an alert when I add a new blog post. I'm using the twenty eleven theme but can't seem to see how to add a subscribe function or RSS icon. I thought it would be in the widgets but doesn't seem to be.

   I've tried to find a suitable plug-in but am struggling to find a simple one that does what I need.

   Please could you advise how to add an RSS icon (or similar) to my blog - or alternatively recommend a good plug-in to do this.

   Many thanks,

2. ChristiNi
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hi JenCat,

   You can add the RSS Widget to your sidebar and put in your RSS url in that widget.

   You can also try out a plugin like one of these for email subscription:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe2/

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ajax-quick-subscribe/

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss-to-email/

   Hope this helps!

3. JenCat
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hi ChristiNi,

   Thanks for your reply. I couldn't work out where to find my RSS url - I tried just adding /feed to the end of my URL but that didn't work.

   Anyway - I've downloaded the subscribe2 plugin and all seems to be working well so far.

   Thanks again for your help.
   Jenny

4. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #

   /feed is your feed url if you have pretty permalinks turned on

   Otherwise its /?feed=rss2 (I think)

   http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds#Finding_Your_Feed_URL

5. fabusdr
   Member
   Posted 6 days ago #

   Hi,
   I was searching for the same thing, and founded this interesting article:
   http://wpengineer.com/2310/extend-the-twentyeleven-navigation-with-your-social-icons/
   It looks like a nice solution.
   cheers
   Fab

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