RSS Icon Not Showing Up

raspberrie · Member · Jul 20, 2008 at 8:01 pm
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Hello,

I’m at raspberrie.wordpress.com. I have read faq’s and forum instructions and tried to follow steps in adding RSS icon in my test widget. It is not showing up. Thanks for your help!
vivianpaige · Member · Jul 20, 2008 at 8:49 pm
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There is a problem with the images server right now. See the sticky at the top of the forum
raspberrie · Member · Jul 20, 2008 at 9:08 pm
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Thanks Vivian
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 12:57 am
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The S3 resolution did not fix my RSS icon problem. Can someone please help? Thanks.
raincoaster · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 12:58 am
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What is the actual URL of the RSS image you’re trying to use?
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:00 am
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I’m trying to insert into my sidebar, raspberrie.wordpress.com.
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:01 am
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I’m trying to insert into my sidebar, http://raspberrie.wordpress.com.
vivianpaige · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:12 am
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It’s in a text widget at the top of the page but the formatting is really screwed up. This is what I see:
<a href="//raspberrie.wordpress.com/feed”"><img src="”image-location”" /></a>t14.png

The image source (img src) should be the actual url of the image, not the words “image-location”. And note that you have some extra quote marks in there.

Looks like you read the FAQ at least part of the way but not the whole thing. Here’s what it should look like:
<a href="http://raspberrie.wordpress.com/feed"><img src="http://faq.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/t14.png"></a>
raincoaster · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:22 am
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To put any image in your sidebar, including the RSS icon, you need to follow the instructions in this thread:
http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/10/18/put-an-image-in-your-sidebar/

You need to make sure the image is in webspace and has a URL, in this case WordPress has already uploaded it for you and its URL is http://faq.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/t14.png . Then you need to put that in your widget using the image code img and add the code to make it a clickable link to your feed, which is at http://raspberrie.wordpress.com/feed . It’s a two-step process.
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:26 am
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Thank you so much Vivian. I did read the whole thing (more than once), but got very confused when it did not work, and that is where I messed it up. Is there a way to put the icon below copyscape under its own heading “RSS Feed”? Thanks again.
vivianpaige · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:29 am
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Yes. Before the code I gave you above, type in a line break
<br />
vivianpaige · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:30 am
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And glad to help. (You’re using the same theme that I am, BTW)
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 1:38 am
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Problem resolved. I appreciate all your help. It is a great theme!
vivianpaige · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 2:15 am
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Yeah, I like this theme a lot. (Of course, mine looks a wee bit different now :) )
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 3:32 am
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Hello again,

http//raspberrie.wordpress.com

I thought my problem was solved, but just tried the RSS icon and it does not link to anything. I tried logging out and it still appears frozen.

Thanks for more help.
raincoaster · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 3:45 am
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This is the only code you’ve put in there:
```
<br /><a><img src="http://faq.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/t14.png"></a>

</div>
```
You need to put not only the IMAGE but also the proper <a href code. See Vivian’s post above for the proper code.
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 4:15 am
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I apologize for appearing to be so dense. I obviously do not understand code. I followed Vivian’s post (I think). Now when I click, the RSS feed opens to bookmark. Not sure what I did wrong. Thank you for holding my hand so patiently. Sorry.
raincoaster · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 4:24 am
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It’s working just fine now. No worries; we all have to learn sometime.
justjennifer · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 4:28 am
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It’s behaving fine for me. It opens to the browser subscription page. Were you expecting it to behave differently?
raspberrie · Member · Jul 21, 2008 at 4:35 am
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Thanks Raincoaster and justjennifer. Is it just suppose to show a bookmark link? I thought it was suppose to open to a feed page. When I’ve linked to other feeds that’s what it did. This must be the longest help page in the history of wordpress. Lol. Anyway, if it’s working correctly, great.

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