I make it possible to subscribe to the RSS feed for a specific book support site.
I use a WordPress plugin (of course) called UsersOnline to monitor site visitors. The plugin identifies what page the user is visiting. When I see a visitor on the “Oops! Page Not Found” page, I can point to a link to see the URL that took him or her there. I noticed that an awful lot of site visitors were attempting to access the RSS feeds for the old versions of the book support sites. The same sites that don’t exist anymore.
Figuring that it must be pretty frustrating to try to access a feed that no longer exists, I added new links to the new feeds. You can find them in the sidebar for each of the book support sites. The “Get New Content Automatically” section also includes a link to more information about RSS for those people who aren’t familiar with it. The link goes to the NewsGator Web site, which makes newsreader software for Windows and Macintosh users.
I’ll probably create a custom RSS feed page for the site shortly and replace the link with a link to that. That’ll enable site visitors to access the entire blog or individual categories (books or blog topics) by RSS feed.
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1 Kristie Defenbaugh // Aug 5, 2006 at 12:20 pm
I purchased Mac OS X Tiger by Maria Langer. I see that one can get RSS feeds for updates from that book. I clicked on the RSS link and cannot tell where the RSS link will show up on my new ibook G4. I am brand new to Apple computers and RSS technology. Can you tell me if I actually signed signed up for the feed, whether I need to add something to my computer to be able to use the feed, etc. Thanks. Kristie Defenbaugh
2 Maria Langer // Aug 7, 2006 at 6:37 am
First of all, the link in that book has probably changed. That might be why it isn’t working. You can get a complete list of feeds for my site and books at http://www.marialanger.com/?page_id=472 (or just click the RSS tab at the top of this page).
Safari, the Web browser that comes with Mac OS X, should be able to display new feed content as it becomes available.
Good luck!
And if you have any other questions, use the FAQ link at the top of any page at my site to ask in in the FAQ forums. I check those pretty regularly when I’m in town.
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