Title: Problems getting RSS | Atom Feeds working
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problems getting RSS | Atom Feeds working

 *  Cappsy
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/)
 * All my links seem to point tot eh correct php file for the correct feed but when
   i click on them they open up as downlaods rather than linking to another webpage.
   
   Help!

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 *  Thread Starter Anonymous
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-92303)
 * Sorry, forgot to include my code for the links…
    `[">RSS Feed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/"<?php)
   [">Atom Feed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/"<?php)
 *  [Mark McKibben](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manzabar/)
 * (@manzabar)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-92474)
 * RSS & Atom feeds aren’t another webpage; they’re special XML files that your 
   browser doesn’t appear to know what to do with. Have you tried viewing your feeds
   via a feed aggregator?
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-92934)
 * You can verify there’s nothing wrong with your feeds by using something like 
   [Feed Validator](http://www.feedvalidator.org/). If there’s something amiss in
   the xml it should be able to tell you. Otherwise (though they may not seem to)
   things are functioning normally.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-92935)
 * Nothing’s wrong: [http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joliesonline.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-atom.php](http://www.feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joliesonline.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-atom.php)
   
   That is how atom is supposed to function. If a user wants your atom feed, they
   just plug the atom feed URL into their feed reader. [http://www.joliesonline.com/blog/wp-atom.php](http://www.joliesonline.com/blog/wp-atom.php)
 *  [wordpresser32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresser32/)
 * (@wordpresser32)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-93042)
 * I have the same problem. the thing is that i would like to put a link on my website
   to the atom feed. so wehn people click it it will open the save dialogue which
   is not good. No work around for this?
 * The rss2 and rss wordpress feeds also point to a php file but they will show 
   corectly in your browser and not open the save dialogue. Why?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-93043)
 * Because your browser is not how you “read” an atom feed.
 * People using atom feeds use them from RSS Feed Readers.
 *  [faustina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/faustina/)
 * (@faustina)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-93044)
 * I don’t know a lot about feeds, but couldn’t you simply burn your feed with feedburner.
   com and put a link to that, that will bring up a nice viewable page through feedburner.
 * If this is a stupid suggestion please disreguard it completely. lol.
 *  [wordpresser32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpresser32/)
 * (@wordpresser32)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-93045)
 * its not a bad suggestion. i thought about this already but dont want to do this
   for this blog. any other ideas?
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-93046)
 * Nobody uses ATOM feeds, really. Stick to RSS, that’s my advice. Just remove the
   link to the ATOM feed completely.

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-getting-rss-atom-feeds-working/#post-93046)
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