How do people subscribe to your blog?

drmike · Member · Jul 9, 2006 at 7:42 pm
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Yeah, I gotta fix it. It’s on my to do list.
onecoolsoul · Member · Jul 10, 2006 at 4:16 am
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Thanks Dr Mike you do a very good job here.
drmike · Member · Jul 10, 2006 at 10:45 pm
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Fixed.

Please remember to save the *.txt file as a *.txt file without any encoding. :)

edit: Demo up at Coyotes
copperhead · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 2:13 pm
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Hi all. Very new to WordPress and I want to allow people to subscribe to my blog as well. However, the code that drmike posted is now a 404 file not found.

I’m totally lost.

Help?
timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 5:25 pm
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G’Morning
This is where to go for blog promotion tips http://pimpmyblog.wordpress.com

This is where to go specifically for the code to add rss feed subscription buttons http://pimpmyblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/10/rss-subscription-feeds-part-2/

The demo is now at this link. I have chosen to put these on a page but you can also put them into a text widget and display them in your sidebar.
jaroche · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 5:44 pm
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TT and drmike, I see two wrong things at “rss subscription feeds part 2” post:

1) The demo blog coyotes.wordpress.com, is no longer available. :(

2) “After I posted this, I realialized that we’re not allowed to post *.png files to the sidebar over at WordPress.com”. Yes you can have .png images in your sidebar! take a look to my blog’s sidebar, I have the the CC Licence image as png file.
timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 6:00 pm
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@jaroche
You’re right, this is an “old” thread and things do change. Information in forum threads isn’t “wrong but it can become out-dated. :)

If you look at my post just above yours I have included a link to the new location of the demo and I’m expecting that drmike will check this thread and make the required changes when he is online.
jaroche · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 6:06 pm
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Yes I note it, an old thread :P.

Also could check your demo link because it goes to bloggersblurt’s administrative pages :S

Thank you, happy blogging :)
timethief · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 6:14 pm
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Good catch! Thank you :D
The link is now fixed … I need a coffee …
jaroche · Member · Jan 5, 2007 at 6:20 pm
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jijiji :D I love the cappuccinos
re5ch3n · Member · Mar 12, 2007 at 11:42 pm
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Adding RSS buttons by using text widget. OK, I am a couple months late to this thread and the link from Jan 5 gives a 404 code.

Any new links to this code?
msobetzko · Member · Jul 8, 2007 at 12:37 am
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So I just started blogging, like yesterday. My blog is a registered members only blog for my family, we’re spread out across the states and I want to use it to keep in touch. At any rate, I have been following this discussion until I ran into the snag that you can not use feeds on registered member only blogs. Any other way to have your members emailed when there is a new post?

Mike
trent · Member · Jul 8, 2007 at 12:38 am
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Nothing for private blogs right now that I know of, sorry.

Trent
thistimethisspace · Member · Jul 8, 2007 at 12:44 am
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Excuse me. I know this isn’t exactly what you are looking for but it may be worth checking into for a free family mailing list you create yourself. Once a list is created you can send email (a link to a new blog post) to the list and everyone in the list will receive it. When you reply the email, everyone will receive the reply. http://www.coollist.com/reg/newlist.html
shimworld · Member · Jul 8, 2007 at 2:28 am
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I wish WordPress allows elective notification by email (checkbox option) when you comment on a blog and you’re asked if you would like to be notified of all responses to that post. MistyLook theme creator Sadish has done on his own site

http://wpthemes.info/posts/2007/06/25/thanks-to-you-i-got-the-lowest-technorati-rank/#comments

Support is closed for the weekend. Will email them re this come Monday.
msobetzko · Member · Jul 8, 2007 at 1:37 pm
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Thanks folks. You confirmed what I thought the answer would be. I will give an email list a try, as well as send in feedback requesting a notification option for private blogs.
thistimethisspace · Member · Jul 8, 2007 at 6:26 pm
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Best wishes and thanks for the thanks.
lianadevine · Member · Oct 2, 2007 at 7:09 pm
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We have a large addressbook of people we want to have follow our travels via our WP blog. I’ve initially sent them all the url and advised they bookmark it. Philosophically I *hate* forcing people (myself included) to sign up for/register for/become members of yet another online service – but isn’t that what an RSS does? I just want a way for people WHO CHOOSE to be able to know when there’s a new post to read, and an easy way for them to get to the url. Is RSS the best way to do this?
TIA
timethief · Member · Oct 2, 2007 at 7:17 pm
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One requires a free rss feed reader account to receive the posts by rss feed. Here is the feedburner alternative which amounts to the same http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/11/how-can-i-offer-email-updates/
You can also set up a free mailing list service at http://www.coollist.com/
But if you do not wish to have any 3rd party involvement at all then you will simply have to email the posts out yourself.
HTH :)
judyb12 · Member · Oct 2, 2007 at 7:31 pm
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IMO RSS is the best way. Your readers don’t have to be members of wordpress to read your RSS feed, they just need a feed reader, as Timethief has pointed out.

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