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

[mel]

I do see you have just the one feed in your profile successfully now, and according to the feed's profile it hasn't updated yet but is scheduled to check for updates this evening. Probably it'll show up then with a whole bunch of posts, that's the way the ones I've made usually work both here and on LJ.

If you use Firefox, there's a super-easy way to subscribe to feeds on DW, described here.

[wembley]

They totally showed up, just like you said! Woo! (I did know about the Firefox feed subscription, but thanks for mentioning it anyway, as I'm sure it will be helpful for people that stumble across this page. :))