An RSS feed allows visitors to subscribe to your blog via feed readers. In this article, we'll take a look at how to use your blog's RSS feed.
What is an RSS feed?
An RSS feed is a handy tool that helps people keep up with your site's content. It works with news aggregators and feed readers to bring together posts from different blogs and websites in one place.
Podia blogs come with an RSS feed for new posts you publish.
As soon as new posts are published on Podia, the RSS feed updates on its own, making a .xml file of the new content. Then, any outside services following your RSS feed will get this latest content.
In order to view and subscribe to your blog's RSS feed, your visitors will need an RSS feed reader.
Finding your blog's RSS feed
Here's how to access your blog's RSS feed:
From your Podia dashboard, click on Settings in the sidebar menu.
Navigate to the Blog settings group.
Click on Edit next to RSS Feed.
Click on Copy Link next to your Feed URL.
The RSS link is a .XML file with all of the latest blog posts from your Podia blog.
This is the link people will use to subscribe to your blog's RSS feed by adding it to the RSS readers of their choice.
Configuring your blog's RSS feed
Here's how to configure and change settings for your blog's RSS feed:
From your Podia dashboard, click on Settings in the sidebar menu.
Navigate to the Blog settings group.
Click on Edit next to RSS Feed.
From there, you'll get to modify your feed's name and description, as well as how much of each post’s content is made available to your RSS subscribers.
Once you're done, hit Save to save your changes.
FAQs & Troubleshooting
My RSS reader does not recognize my blog's RSS feed... HELP!
My RSS reader does not recognize my blog's RSS feed... HELP!
Make sure you're grabbing the correct link from your blog settings.
If you're still running into errors, try to add it to a different RSS reader and see if you run into the same errors.
My RSS feed shows as empty... HELP!
My RSS feed shows as empty... HELP!
If your RSS feed seems empty, just wait a little. Your RSS reader might need a few minutes to grab the information. It should update shortly.
You can also check your feed's .XML file to see if it has the details about your blog posts.
Does Podia support podcast feeds?
Does Podia support podcast feeds?
Podia does not support podcast feeds at this time.
Still need help?
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