RSS feed will not display

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  oldvic · Member · Apr 22, 2007 at 9:35 pm

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  my blog: http://weaklythunk.wordpress.com/

  I have copied text as suggested in RSS FAQ into a text sidebar widget, only changing the url to match that of my blog. I don’t understand why the RSS badge is failing to display: the title of the widget appears, and nothing more.

  The text reads:
  <a href="”http://weaklythunk.wordpress.com/feed”"><img src="”image-location”" /></a>

  Can anyone help, please?

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  drmike · Member · Apr 22, 2007 at 9:39 pm

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  I politely point out the double double quotes in there. You probably copied it out of Word or WordPad and it picked up the formatting. Here’s the correct code:

  <a href="http://weaklythunk.wordpress.com/feed/"><img src="image-location" /></a>

  Hope this helps,
  -drmike

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  oldvic · Member · Apr 23, 2007 at 9:42 pm

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  Many thanks for taking the time to answer this, drmike.

  However, having added:
  <a href="http://weaklythunk.wordpress.com/feed/"><img src="image-location" /></a>
  …to the text widget, the widget still remains blank.

  There is no other coding or text in the widget.

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  drmike · Member · Apr 23, 2007 at 10:10 pm

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  That’s the URl of the image that you’re using? You do understand that you have to replace image-location with an actual URL, right?

  edit: A quick check of your blog (Thanks for leaving the RSS widget up this time :) shows in fact that is the issue.

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  oldvic · Member · Apr 26, 2007 at 11:40 am

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  Aha. That’s why I’m just an ignorant numpty and you’re the expert. Thanks. The RSS is up now.

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  drmike · Member · Apr 26, 2007 at 1:35 pm

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  Not a problem. :)

  Regards,
  -drmike