Feeds & Widgets oh my!
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Hi there, I wondered if someone could let me know if they see a feed in my header? I’ve been reading the forums for a couple of days now, and to be honest, feeds are still beyond my understanding. I’m new to blogging and what seems simple to a lot of you, is complicated (perhaps more than it needs to be lol)for me. Ideally, I would like for folks to be able to subscribe to my site.
I have tried to put a widget in my sidebar, but it then lost all of my current sidebar so I removed it. I also read that you can add a feed to your blogroll, but cannot see how I can do that?
It is really frustrating and exasperating and having no knowlege of HTML doesn’t help lol
Anyway, this is my blog http://saikosetsuko.wordpress.com/ if someone could advise me, I would greatly appreciate it ^^
Many thanks in advance
Saiko
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No, I don’t see a feed there. A couple things, though: Once you add a widget to your sidebar, the default sidebar disappears and needs to be rebuilt with the available widgets. It only takes a moment, so don’t hesitate to do that.
You really don’t need to know HTML; let the wordpress software do the work.
Lastly, you do have a feed and your feed address is simply http://saikosetsuko.wordpress.com/feed/
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Thanks ellaella^^
Basically, I just wanted my site to appear on a syndicate blogger, I have emailed the owner of the site to ask for him to add me. Does this mean that he can easily access my feed address and that I don’t need to to do anything else?
Also, as I already have a feed, can anyone subscribe to my blog now?
I feel really dumb asking these questions but this blogging is a whole new world for me, I’m still getting to grips with posting lol.
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You don’t need to do anything and if people use a feed reader to subscribe, it’ll find the feed automatically. You can also display an icon with a link to your feed in the sidebar, to make it easier for your readers to find it: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/put-your-feed-in-your-sidebar/
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Thanks a lot, you have no idea how reassured I am lol, I was beginning to feel like Dorothy in Oz.
So much to learn and it’s eating my blog time!
Thankies
Saiko
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Holy moly it’s me, sorry thought I’d resolved this little dilemma but no, it seems not.
OK I followed the link for a text widget in my side bar, and reconfigured the side bar, all looks good.
However, being a numpty, I’m not exactly sure what to type in the text widget, do I have to include all the following?
or just this; http://saikosetuko.wordpress.com/feed
Will the icon automatically appear, or is that where the “image-location” bit comes in?
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