Cant get RSS to work in WP-Andreas09 theme.

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    kyleict · Member ·

    I am new to wordpress and have been setting up a test site to get me used to it. I am using the WP-Andreas09 theme and onthe front page there are the two links for RSS. BUt when i click on them in Firefox or IE they dont work….!

    I notice in the address bar it says feed:http://kyleict.wordpress.com/feed/ but if i amually remove the ‘feed:’ it works.

    Am i doing somthing worng or what?

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    drmike · Member ·

    That’s because RSS is not normally read in browsers. The tag is for an RSS reader. :)

    Please note that this was covered in the FAQ. Please read it.

    Good luck,
    -drmike

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    tradeforex · Member ·

    Kyleict I’m using cArp for an RSS newsfeed on my WP Blog. Here’s a link so you can see what it looks like. (It’s at the bottom of the page.) http://futures-tradingonline.com/futures/

    I just got it setup today so there ain’t any post to my blog yet.

    My next project will be to get some Google Adsense code on it; maybe in the sidebar or something.

    Hope this helps.

    NOTE: the cArp has to be installed on your host server for it to work. I don’t think it will work on the Online WordPress.

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    5purposedriven · Member ·

    I don’t think it was all that clear in the FAQ that you aren’t supposed to see anything but code if you click your own RSS sidebar widget, respectfully. Perhaps I scanned too fast, bbut I’ve been stumped myself after having looked for the information.

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    timethief · Member ·

    Code what code?
    I dragged and dropped my RSS widget into the sidebar. I opened it preparatory to configuring it. I saw a blank box under a label that said “Enter the RSS feed URL here”.
    I typed in `http://timethief.wordpress.com/feed’
    I saw another line that read “Give the feed a title (optional)”
    I typed in the name of my blog – stolen moments of island time
    I saw a line the said”How many items would you like to display/”
    I typed in 10.
    Then I closed the X at the top right hand side of the widget box and clicked “save change”.
    I waited for the process to be completed and waited a few minutes longer because all sidebar material is cached and takes a few minutes to show. I viewed my blog. VOILA the titles of my last 10 posts were there following the little orange feed icon.

    Hope this helps.

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    nosysnoop · Member ·

    tradeforex, ads aren’t allowed here due to security reason. But there has been talk on the forum that it might be one day in the future.

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    drmike · Member ·

    That’s because the FAQ was written before the widgets. If you would like to write something up, feel free.

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