RSS Button only opens a text message

  • Resolved bearraven

    (@bearraven)


    1 year ago

    When someone clicks on the RSS button to subscribe to a feed, they receive an html page: https://bearandraven.com/feed/ (Instead of pasting the long page, please just click on either the original page or the feed link)

    What am I doing wrong?

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  • Plugin Support alexsev

    (@alexsev)

    1 year ago

    Hi @bearraven,

    Thanks for the details! What you’re seeing is expected behavior – most browsers display raw RSS feed URLs (like https://bearandraven.com/feed/) as XML or an HTML-formatted version, depending on how the browser handles RSS.

    If your audience isn’t familiar with RSS, you might consider disabling the icon. I see you’re already offering the “follow by email” option, which is a great alternative.

    Thread Starter bearraven

    (@bearraven)

    1 year ago

    Thank you very much. I didn’t realize that was as intended. Anytime I click on an icon that looks like this on other blogs, it subscribes me to a feed. I will remove it in order to eliminate any confusion. You’re right, the follow button works as intended.

    Thanks again.

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