How do I add the standard, orange RSS icon to my blog?

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  kate200 · Member · Sep 23, 2009 at 1:33 am

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  I’d like to assist readers to subscribe to my blog, by adding the ubiquitous RSS orange icon to the sidebar – but how do I add it to my blog? Have looked on the support pages but cannot seem to find it.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 23, 2009 at 1:36 am

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  Use the RSS links widget: http://support.wordpress.com/widgets/rss-links-widget/ .

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  kate200 · Member · Sep 23, 2009 at 1:55 am

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  Thanks! But every time I drag that widget (or indeed any widget) over to the blog’s sidebar, everything else on the blog that currently appears in the sidebar disappears.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 23, 2009 at 2:11 am

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  That is because you have not yet added any widgets. What you are seeing is the default sample set that is created by the theme itself to show you what things will look like with widgets. When you add a widget for the first time, the sample set created by the theme will disappear. Simply drag the other widgets you want to have in the sidebar over and into the sidebar.

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  kate200 · Member · Sep 23, 2009 at 3:18 am

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  Aha! Many thanks – you’re a legend!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 23, 2009 at 4:57 am

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  You’re very welcome, and thank you.