Title: Problem with RSS link Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Problem with RSS link * [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/) * When I click on the RSS link on my blog’s main page I get a new, empty, browser window opened. If I try to close it another appears. If I try to bring one of my other browser windows to the front, the blank window moves on top of it. The only way I can get rid of the blank browser window is to quit my browser. * I am using Safari on an Apple PowerBook, but the same happens when using Internet Explorer. When trying this on a PC I get a “Page cannot be displayed” message. * What am I doing wrong? * All help gratefully received. * Bill Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/) * (@cypher) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277787) * Please provide a link to your BLOG. It is likely that you have a “feed://” in front of your RSS URL and the browser is trying to use that to figure out which application should handle the feed. * Go into your theme sidebar.php or whereever the RSS link appears and remove the“ feed://” portion.. * Regards * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277802) * Whoops fogot to put in url of my blog: * [http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/lightingblog](http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/lightingblog) * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277803) * Have just checked my sidebar.php file as you kindly suggested and it has the lines: - - - Completely impenetrable to me. Should I remove the “feed:” bit? If so what effect would it have? * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277807) * Last posting didn’t come out quite as it should! How do I insert sample php code without it getting ‘processed’? * [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/) * (@cypher) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277808) * Just before the title=” line, you will find a “a href=” line and that’s where you will see the “feed:” bit, if you remove it, your links will show up in the browser normally.. * The “feed:” bit is a future extention like a mime-type that is supposed to make your browser spawn a RSS Reader for you when you click the link. * The problem is it isn’t widely supported yet. So removing it will make it work for the here and now. * Regards * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277813) * Thanks. I have removed the feed: bits and no longer get the blank window. What I now get is text like this: * ” Musings from a Lighting Designer [http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/lightingblog](http://www.wowlighting.co.uk/lightingblog) Thoughts on developments in the world of lighting design and lighting products Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:18:38 +0000 [http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3](http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3) en Low Energy Lighting “ * Is that what is expected? * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277822) * Yes, your feed appears to be functioning perfectly. * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277824) * I really appreciate everyones help. Thanks. Can you indulge me with one last question? How do I check that my RSS feed is working correctly? As you can tell, I am a real novice to this! * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277826) * You can check the validation of your feed here: [http://feedvalidator.org/](http://feedvalidator.org/) * And, of course, you can always check your feed in an RSS reader, such as RSSOwl: [http://www.rssowl.org/](http://www.rssowl.org/) * Here are a few helpful articles on RSS: * [http://www.tomrafteryit.net/rss-for-non-techies-talk/](http://www.tomrafteryit.net/rss-for-non-techies-talk/) [http://www.tomrafteryit.net/help-on-subscribing/](http://www.tomrafteryit.net/help-on-subscribing/) [http://www.semiologic.com/projects/help-with-feeds/](http://www.semiologic.com/projects/help-with-feeds/) [http://www.tomrafteryit.net/what-exactly-is-rss/](http://www.tomrafteryit.net/what-exactly-is-rss/) * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277828) * Can’t thank you all enough. * Many many thanks. * Bill * [Beel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beel/) * (@beel) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277829) * Use Firefox and add the Web Developer extension – easy access to css, xhtml, and feed validators plus LOTS of other useful tools for tweaking pages and checking under the hood. * Thread Starter [wowlighting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wowlighting/) * (@wowlighting) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277837) * Where can I get the Web Developer extension from? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277842) * In developer tools section at the FF site: [https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/showlist.php?application=firefox&numpg=10&category=Developer%20Tools](https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/showlist.php?application=firefox&numpg=10&category=Developer%20Tools) * [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/) * (@cypher) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277870) * Additionally, you can download Flock (another branch of the Mozilla browser like Firefox) and use their integrated RSS reader to view your page. * Regards Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘Problem with RSS link’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Blank](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blank/) * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/) * [window](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/window/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 14 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Cypher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cypher/) * Last activity: [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-rss-link/#post-277870) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics