[Keir]

Hello, Under Theme Opitons > Social Links > Predefined Social Icons I see a fiend for RSS. What do I enter in this field? I tried entering my blog URL, but then clicking the button just takes me to the exact same page.

I still dont have my head wrapped around RSS, but I thought this button should allow a person to subscribe to my blog? If so what should I enter into the field?

Thanks for your time
Keir

[Mahesh]

Hi @Keir,

I think you’re confused about the RSS field in the “Theme Options=> Social Links=> Predefined Social Icons”. All options here are just to link to the desired URL. Same with the RSS field too, it is not for the subscription. If you’ve put the blog url in RSS, and when clicked takes you to the exact same page, then its working fine. It is made for that very purpose. For example to be more clear:
Field => Value ( What it does )
Facebook => https://www.facebook.com/catchthemes ( Opens Catchtheme’s facebook )
Twitter => https://www.twitter.com/catchthemes ( Opens Catchtheme’s twitter )

Similarly,
RSS => Some page’s url that displays RSS feeds. ( Opens the page with given url )

Let me know if this helps you.

Regards,
Mahesh

[Keir]

Ok. got it. But it makes me wonder why I would need it. If someone visiting my blog clicks on it then it just takes them to the home page of my blog. They could just as easily click the logo at the top left.

Is there a reason to include this button that I am missing?

Thanks for helping me understand this.
Keir

[Mahesh]

Hi @Keir,

You’ve put the blog link in RSS field, that is why its taking you to the same page. The RSS field should contain the RSS/FEED link not the regular blog page’s url.

For catchthemes.com, we can use:
RSS => http://www.catchthemes.com/rss

This will take you to the RSS subscription page.

Regards,
Mahesh

[Keir]

I put “http://earthtokeir.com” and in Chrome when I click the button I get a page of text showing the markup of the RSS page. However it does work when I use Firefox. Any idea why this is?

Thanks so much
Keir

[Mahesh]

HI @Keir,

RSS feed is xml data. Firefox has a built-in feature to generate the markup RSS page from the xml code but chrome does not. So this is normal. Its working fine.

Regards,
Mahesh

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