How can I make my RSS feed work?

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  dougcronk · Member · Dec 19, 2012 at 6:36 pm

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  My RSS feed does not work.
  (I just upgraded to a new Theme – Linen – are the Twitter and RSS feed automatic settings under Linen)?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  dougcronk · Member · Dec 19, 2012 at 6:59 pm

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  While we are at it … do I make my ‘sharing’ options look like this:
  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/linen/

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  zandyring · Staff · Dec 19, 2012 at 9:55 pm

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  Hi there,

  Let’s start with the RSS feed. You can enable the RSS widget. Here’s more information about it:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/rss-widget/

  I can see your RSS feed working fine here:
  https://dougcronk.wordpress.com/feed/

  This is more about feeds in general, depending on what questions you might have:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/feeds/

  And finally, when I click on your RSS button, I do see the feed the way it should display!

  Maybe you can tell me what isn’t working about it for you?

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  dougcronk · Member · Dec 19, 2012 at 10:25 pm

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  Hmmm. Ok. Well. GNot sure what I was doing that told me it wasn’t working but … good that it’s working. (I think I was expecting to see something other than ‘code’).
  Thanks.

  Now to make my share buttons look like the template: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/linen/
  (The Share buttons on my site look a bit … dated … i’d like to convert them all to look like the RSS and Twitter button … top right sidebar … like the Linen template and like the other Linen users have done). Can you help?

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  dougcronk · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 3:04 pm

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  Z.
  I am guilty of ‘over-thinking’ my RSS feed. I think I’ve ‘got it’ now.
  Thanks.

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  zandyring · Staff · Dec 20, 2012 at 4:47 pm

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  Hi there,

  I did some digging on this, and checked out your icons (the square Twitter icon and the square RSS feed), and yours actually look more up-to-date to me than the ones shown on the demo. The Twitter one displays the new logo!

  But if it’s not what you’re looking for, I do understand. That said, it looks like those are dictated by the theme itself, and may not be editable.

  As a premium theme owner, you can access the Premium Themes forum:
  http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/forum/linen

  You can either browse the topics posted to see if someone else had the same question, or you can post your question; you’ll get a reply from the theme creator, who will be better able to guide you on anything theme-specific!

  I hope that helps you!

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  dougcronk · Member · Dec 23, 2012 at 11:05 pm

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  RE: your reference to –
  http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/forum/linen
  … an excellent resource.
  Again, Thanks.
  And, Happy Holidays!

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  zandyring · Staff · Dec 26, 2012 at 2:28 am

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  I’m glad it’s helpful to you! The premium themes forum is pretty neat!

  Cheers, and very happy holidays!