When I click on an RSS feed button I'm sent to a page with a bunch of code on it. What's going on?

These days when you click on a feed button, you are usually linked to a page that asks which feedreader you use and adding that feed is a relatively easy process. Sometimes, though, when you click on a feed button you do get sent to a page with a bunch of code on it. This is frustrating and confusing, right?

What you need to do when this happens is

1. Copy the URL of the page with all that code.
2. Go to your feedreader (I use Bloglines, lots of people like to use Google Reader).
3. Paste the URL (from step 1) into the appropriate box in your feedreader.
4. Click the Subscribe button.

Here are examples of where you may need to paste the URL in Bloglines and in Google Reader. Other feedreaders will be similar.

Comments

[Robin (PENSIEVE)]

Gosh I wish I had Blogging Basics around when I started; thing is, I STILL learn tips & tricks from you two years into it!

FANTASTIC "everyman's" site!

xo