FeedBurner form not displaying in text box?

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  readhow · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 7:16 pm

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  I have created an email subscription form at FeedBurner and have it installed in an html page fine on my website, but when I try and follow the directions in the FAQ about how to install it on my blog here it doesn’t work. I get the text, however the actual input form doesn’t seem to be there. Here is my blog http://readhow.wordpress.com/

  What am I doing wrong?

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  drmike · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 7:29 pm

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  Not sure which FAQ you’re looking at but forms are removed from all user input due to security concerns. It’s been discussed before.

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  readhow · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 7:35 pm

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  This is the one I was trying to follow: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/how-can-i-offer-email-updates/

  Is there another way I can add this to my blog? I am ok doing it the preferred way, if you can point me in the correct direction that would be great.

  Thanks,
  :) dave.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 8:26 pm

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  I don’t know what you mean by “the preferred way” and there is no “other way”. I used the instructions from the FAQs and had no problem accomplishing this. I registered at feedburner got the code and placed it in a text widget. Which step are you having trouble with?

  Setting that aside, I see this in your blog post:

  The Read-How.com site is going through a complete redesign. Soon the site will be powered by XML data rather than static data pages and have some cool AJAX and JAVA scripting added to make it a bit more modern.

  Please be aware that we cannot use javascript on these blogs on the shared wordpress MU multi-user blogging platform. The software will strip it to preserve security. http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/javascript-can-i-use-that-on-my-blog/

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  drmike · Member · Jun 28, 2007 at 8:45 pm

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  Well, if you’re following that method, you’re not putting in a form. It’s a link. Note step 8 in that FAQ.

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  readhow · Member · Jul 1, 2007 at 4:23 am

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  DOH! Well, I guess it would help if I actually FOLLOWED the instructions. Thanks drmike for pointing out the deal.