Newbie RSS Question

  • sophieh

    (@sophieh)


    12 years ago

    Hi, I am using the TwentyTen theme and want to display an RSS icon in my sidebar widget.

    I have only just started learning about RSS feeds and what they do so I hope I have got the right idea.

    My target audience are the over 50s who may not be Internet savvy and I want to make it simple to get updates from me so I want to put a short explanation about RSS feeds and why it would be good to click on the icon.

    Can anyone tell me how to do this and how I get my RSS feed please. I am using custom permalinks so I thought my rss feed would be http://exercisesforosteoarthritis.com/feed/ but that brigs up the html of my site.

    Sorry to be so ignorant!

    Thanks. Sophie

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years ago

    Use a Text widget from Appearance ->Widgets.

    but that brigs up the html of my site.

    That url leads to your site’s feed.

    Thread Starter sophieh

    (@sophieh)

    12 years ago

    Hi Esmi,

    Thanks for the reply. I’m sorry I am being thick. What should I put in the text widget? I don’t write code and how do I get the little orange icon I want?

    Sophie

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years ago

    Something like:
    <a href="http://exercisesforosteoarthritis.com/feed/"><img src="image_url_goes_here" width="xx" height="yy" alt="RSS" /></a>

    in the widget’s content area should work. There are literally thousands of free RSS icons out there. Just use Google to locate some of the collections and upload the image you want to your Media Library. Once the image is in the Library, select it (as if to edit it) and scroll to the bottom of the image’s edit page. It’s url will be displayed near the bottom./ Copy that url carefully and paste it where I’ve put image_url_goes_here.

    Thread Starter sophieh

    (@sophieh)

    12 years ago

    Sorry to be so long in replying- kids school holidays! Thank you Esmi you have helped me out again!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years ago

    No problem. Only just getting over the school holidays here too. 🙂

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