Description:
You can add an RSS feed to your blog as a service to keep your readers up-to-date on the latest goings on as well. Some people call these things "widgets," "modules" or "gadgets" -- though RSS feeds are only one of many things you can add to a blog via a widget.
You can choose any blog or news service you want.
Hints:
- I added the RSS feeds of some Learning 2.0 participants on this blog -- scroll down to the bottom!
- In Blogger, click dashboard ->
TemplateLayout -> Page Elements if you are not already logged in. (UPDATE: If you are already logged in and you are visiting your site, you can click New Post -> Template -> Page Elements). - Click Add a Page Element on the blog outline you see on the page.
- Choose "feed" as the thing you want to add.
- Enter the web address of your feed (what shows in the address bar after you click the
) 
into the box. - The RSS feed will show up where you told it to go.
- In Wordpress, click "My Dashboard -> Presentation -> Widgets.
- Scroll down to the bottom and tell Wordpress "how many RSS feeds widgets would you like." Make sure the number is more than zero.
- Drag one of the RSS widgets to where it says "sidebar."
- Click the "configure button." It looks like this:
- Copy the web address of your RSS feed and include a title if you want. You can also choose how many items you'd like to display.
- The RSS feed will show up where you told it to go.
- Some Bling for Your Blog -- Scott Kirshner, New York Times.
- 10 RSS Hacks - Micropersuasion Blog
4 comments:
Hi Ryan:
You left a small step off the instructions for Blogger. To find the "Template" tab, you have to click "Settings" first from your dashboard.
See why comments are so helpful? :) I fixed the problem (if you hit "layout" you get right on to the template tab).
The difference was that I was already logged in and going from the blog in the first place.
I'm getting mad at myself. I...like...dare I say it.
I like blogging and RSS.
OH THE SHAME!
Nifty stuff, even for a late adapter like me. Useful too...of course, Google has taken all the kinks out of it, so I have no idea what this stuff was like in the early days.
I imagine many a computer exploded.
Hi Ryan,
I tried Thing #10 but I couldn't get it to attached to my blog. I kept getting a message of invalid url. So what am I doing wrong?
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