feeds

[wembley]

On LJ, I've always had a Basic account and therefore couldn't add feeds, so I'm not sure if this is an issue with DW (less likely but possible) or an issue with me not understanding what the heck I'm doing re: feeds (highly likely).

Basically, I'd love to read my friend's awesome blog, Monster On A Rope (highly recommended if you like reviews of cool music and weird movies, plus good writing in general) on my reading page.

So, I tried to add her as a feed.

First, I added this URL: http://atariflashback.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

And named the feed "monsteronarope." Nothing appeared on my reading page when I selected "Feeds."

I tried it again with this URL: http://atariflashback.blogspot.com/rss.xml

And named it "monsteronarope2." Nothing.

Again, with just: http://atariflashback.blogspot.com

Named it "monsteronarope3," but when I clicked, it just led me back to modify my subscription to the original "monsteronarope_feed" that I'd made.

So, now I've created these three useless things and still can't see her blog. Because I'm an idiot. Help? (Does she have to syndicate herself somehow before I'm able to see her feed? I remember having to jump through some kind of hoop with Blogger to syndicate my blog. But when I type those feed URLs, I see the feed-y lookin' version of her blog. So... um... ?)

Comments

[zen]

How long ago did you create the original feed and how long ago did you create the second feed?

Some rss feeds take a day or so to update.
I created
http://sparksflyup-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile (he's an AMAZING author btw! subscribe to him! hehe)
It took almost 24 hours for any of his posts to show up via the feed.

It might be as simple as that.

[wembley]

Oops! Only a few minutes ago! I had no idea it took that long! *very embarrassed*

Is there any way to delete the redundant feeds? *even more embarrassed*

[zen]

If my memory serves me right there WILL be an option to delete feeds however that hasn't been put into place yet. I will look into that further for you. If someone else knows feel free to jump in and remind me as well. :)

[wembley]

Thanks so much! :)

[wembley]

Yay, it showed up!

[melanie]

Tis ok! We all wish things were instant ^_^

[kareila]

Oh yay, another John Green fan. I'm so proud of all he's accomplished - we went to high school together, a couple of years apart. :)

[zen]

oh SWEET! John Green fans unite!
yeah I really adore him, I've met him twice in Minneapolis.
Of course I love Hank as well (vlogbrothers, hoo haaa!) :D

[zdashamber]

I've got a question that's sort of related to this one... Is there/will there be a way to add interests to the feed profile so that people can find it on interest searches?

[zen]

No there is no way to do that but I think that is a really good feature suggestion for the future as I agree, it's so hard to find feeds that might be interesting rather than just browsing through an otherwise unorganized list.