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poshswinger
Apr 5th 2008, 11:20 am
Sorry if this question has been asked before.

It's my first time to use Wordpress to write blog, andI don;t know how to create a functional RSS feed for readers. I have tried to type the URL to Feedburner, but yet it said no feed is validated.

I tried Feedsmith as well, still can't make it.

Thanks in advacne for your kind assistance. :)
fish
Apr 5th 2008, 2:38 pm
The theme you're using probably doesn't have the code you need for feeds in the header.
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss xml" title="Subscribe to <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss xml" title="Subscribe to <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" href="<?php bloginfo('rss_url'); ?>" />

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss xml" title="Subscribe to <?php bloginfo('name'); ?>" href=" <?php bloginfo('atom_url'); ?>" />

Add those between the <head> tags and you should be all set.
poshswinger
Apr 5th 2008, 9:39 pm
will try them soon. Thanks.
sultanofseo
Apr 6th 2008, 12:40 am
its lot easier to use a theme that has rss/atom widget
poshswinger
Apr 6th 2008, 10:30 am
Sorry, the code still doesn't work for me......any other suggestions?
fish
Apr 6th 2008, 6:13 pm
What's the URL to your site? Not sure what else it could be...
poshswinger
Apr 6th 2008, 8:00 pm
URL is : http://www.hitechgadget.net
As you can see, I hardly make a valid feed for this blog. Urgent help is needed.
fish
Apr 7th 2008, 7:55 am
Why are you using such an old version of WordPress? Version 2.0.1 came out over 2 years ago...

Try upgrading to the latest version (2.5) and see what happens...
poshswinger
Apr 7th 2008, 9:51 am
Thanks, fish.

1. How to check which version my blog is?
2. How to do upgrade?
arwen54
Apr 7th 2008, 12:00 pm
when you login to your WP admin you will see by the footer the WordPress version you are using...

to upgrade,,go to
http://wordpress.org/download/

then follow these instructions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Upgrading_WordPress
poshswinger
Apr 7th 2008, 7:29 pm
Well, I can't see any version number at the footer of my WP admin panel.
I am trying your suggestions. Thanks, arwen.
Will tell you guys the result.
poshswinger
Apr 8th 2008, 7:50 pm
Arrrrrh....
I failed with the upgrade, and messed up the files. I did backup with the backup plugin, but seems it only help me to backup the posts only, but not the files.

Is there any way to restore my blog? Urgent !!