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Author RSS quicky

2007-01-30, 1:12 pm

How do I get the RSS button to illuminate in IE7 when my page contains a
link to an RSS feed?

I have a link:

<a href="rss.xml">RSS Feed</a>

yet the IE7 browser doesn't illuminate the RSS Feed found on this page
button.

Why not?!

TIA


David Dorward

2007-01-30, 1:12 pm

On Jan 30, 4:01 pm, <nos...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> How do I get the RSS button to illuminate in IE7 when my page contains a
> link to an RSS feed?


> <a href="rss.xml">RSS Feed</a>
>
> yet the IE7 browser doesn't illuminate the RSS Feed found on this page
> button.
>
> Why not?!


Since it is just a link and gives no (standardised) indication that
its a link to RSS.

http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/#Telling

Karl Groves

2007-01-30, 1:12 pm

<nospam@invalid.invalid> wrote in news:j8ednf2d5oVz9iLYnZ2dnUVZ8q-
mnZ2d@bt.com:

> How do I get the RSS button to illuminate in IE7 when my page contains a
> link to an RSS feed?
>
> I have a link:
>
> <a href="rss.xml">RSS Feed</a>
>
> yet the IE7 browser doesn't illuminate the RSS Feed found on this page
> button.
>
> Why not?!
>
> TIA


Put this in your <head>

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="rss.xml">



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2007-01-30, 1:12 pm

> Put this in your <head>
>
> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="rss.xml">


Thanks to both of you. I had already put both in, but it wasn't working
until I re-read my code and I had pasted the link rel into the title tags in
the head! D'oh!

Cheers!


John Bokma

2007-01-30, 1:12 pm

<nospam@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> How do I get the RSS button to illuminate in IE7 when my page contains a
> link to an RSS feed?
>
> I have a link:
>
> <a href="rss.xml">RSS Feed</a>
>
> yet the IE7 browser doesn't illuminate the RSS Feed found on this page
> button.
>
> Why not?!


Because browsers look for a different hint, see:
<http://johnbokma.com/firefox/rss-an...-bookmarks.html>

Make also sure that your feed passes validation (links are given in
article).

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Dan

2007-01-31, 6:18 pm

On Jan 30, 11:01 am, <nos...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> How do I get the RSS button to illuminate in IE7 when my page contains a
> link to an RSS feed?


IE7 isn't the only (or even the best) user agent that supports RSS
feeds. Fortunately, if you follow the standards and guidelines for
use of RSS links, they'll work for users of superior browsers too.

--
Dan

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