Feed Me
tech support March 8th, 2008
It’s the weekend, but school’s still in session. Click the Feed Me tab in my blog’s header to get a tutorial on subscribing to my blog via RSS feed or email.
I also include an explanation and fix for a recently-discovered problem with Blogger’s page redirection. Thanks, Google. You’re the crappy gift that keeps on giving.
Stumble it!
March 8th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I am glad that class is online today because I am snowed in !
I use your feed to share the love right from <a href=”http://maniaravings.com/#articles_from_my_reader”my homepage.
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March 8th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
How frustrating! So glad I never had a problem finding ya! 🙂
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March 8th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Jaffer — That’s very cool!
KFJ — I’m glad, too! Google’s problem is making me look bad. I thought I’d finally rid myself of them when I moved to WordPress, but they keep kicking me in the head.
March 8th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I’m enjoying google reader … just discovered it last week and it’s making my blogging life so much easier. Because, you know, it was so difficult before.
I tagged ya! It’s optional!
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March 8th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Kathy, you know how bad I am about following directions, I got lost looking for the feed me button, but I have no problems getting your email post. I do get them at night time when chances are I’m in the bed or should be in the bed, but I always have something to look forward to.
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March 9th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Hey Kathy I had the same problem with my blog (and I’ve never been on WordPress), in fact that’s how I found your blog by your link in the Blogger Help Group :0
But I found that my blogspot redirect is working now with no errors or stupid Yes/No questions! Google must have done something to fix it. Hope yours is back working now too.
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March 9th, 2008 at 7:48 am
DrowseyMonkey — I used Google Reader a while back when I was testing what my feeds looked like (also, I unfortunately have 3 feeds that got created during blogger, my move to a custom domain, and yet again when I moved to WordPress.) But I stick with Firefox buttons because they’re always in front of me. I can see new posts immediately, including yours!
Natural Woman — The email subscription is easiest, actually. No muss, no fuss! I’m glad to have you as a subscriber. As for you, you’re sitting nicely in my handy dandy RSS folder!
Andrew — My blogspot address still isn’t redirecting. Maybe one day it’ll magically work again. I know it was nothing I did, because it was working fine for months. Glad yours is functioning again!
March 9th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Woo! Thanks for explaining all this so I don’t have to. Not that I could have anyway. Sorry you’ve had to go thru so much grief with Google. At least it’s sharpening your already formidable tech skills!
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March 9th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
So why is your http://www.junkdrawer.com not showing up in my feeder all of a sudden? I didn’t get notified of this or the previous post. I’ll try readding it and see if that helps. Like we need these kinds of problems. Sheesh.
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March 9th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Oh look, Comment Luv is screwed up again too. Gee, what a suprise!
Jeff’s last blog post..The city that didn’t sleep
March 9th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
JD — Google’s like that kid you thought was so cool and you invite them to a party, only to find out they’re jerks. When you tell them to get lost, they keep calling you drunk at 3AM asking if you’ll still be their friend.
Jeff — Hmmm, that’s weird. I use Bloglines (for testing my feeds) and the last posts did show up. What are you using as a reader? Not sure what’s up with Comment Luv either. I’m guessing you don’t luv it anymore (but your 2nd last post showed up. Maybe there’s a timing thing?)
March 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Hi Kathy. Sorry for not getting back sooner but I’ve had ‘puter troubles.
If it makes you feel any better mine has been sabotaged too:
http://instabloke.blogspot.com/2007/12/things-do-go-better-with-coke-wordpress.html
Obviously it’s something that Blogger did. But I notice what Andrew said so perhaps it’s a widespread issue and and not subterfuge.
Another reason why I’m so glad not to be on Blogger anymore.
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March 9th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Don’t know either. Both times I’ve “fixed” it, I’ve had to go to Feedburner and re-ping my blog address, and then it would start working. All this high-tech stuff is getting to be too much. Why can’t it just be simple?
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March 9th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
[…] I noted that one of her readers Andrew had reported the same thing but it suddenly started working again. So I’m assuming this is a […]
March 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
You’re a genius!
March 9th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
You’re a Google genius!
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March 10th, 2008 at 5:10 am
Jeff — Why can’t it just be simple? Because then I’d have nothing to complain about.
Swubird — Did you hit your head?
March 11th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
No matter how bad blogger may seem, MSN is WAY worse!
I don’t subscribe cause I prefer to visit your site! 🙂
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March 11th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Lori — Well, I just found an explanation for what’s happening:
http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/2008/03/blogs-published-to-custom-domain-are.html
It doesn’t look like I can get it fixed, unless I know someone who works at Google. And for all the complaining I’ve done here about Google, I doubt they’d answer my call. My face is probably up on a wall at headquarters with a dart stuck in my forehead.
March 21st, 2008 at 2:11 am
Your thank you to Google made me laugh. A lot. LOL <–See?
March 21st, 2008 at 4:15 am
Corrina — Google and I have a love/hate relationship. I couldn’t live without Google search, but this redirection thing? Oy.