How to make RSS/Atom feed for Wordpress?

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  1. #1
    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. :)
     
    poshswinger, Apr 5, 2008 IP
  2. fish

    fish Well-Known Member

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    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'); ?>" />
    Code (markup):
    Add those between the <head> tags and you should be all set.
     
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    poshswinger Active Member

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    will try them soon. Thanks.
     
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    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    its lot easier to use a theme that has rss/atom widget
     
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    poshswinger Active Member

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    Sorry, the code still doesn't work for me......any other suggestions?
     
    poshswinger, Apr 6, 2008 IP
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    fish Well-Known Member

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    What's the URL to your site? Not sure what else it could be...
     
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    poshswinger Active Member

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    fish Well-Known Member

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    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...
     
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    poshswinger Active Member

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    Thanks, fish.

    1. How to check which version my blog is?
    2. How to do upgrade?
     
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    poshswinger Active Member

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    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.
     
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    poshswinger Active Member

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    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 !!
     
    poshswinger, Apr 8, 2008 IP