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RSS Button only opens a text message

Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons · support · 2025-04-29T19:56:00+00:00

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bearraven resolved
When someone clicks on the RSS button to subscribe to a feed, they receive an html page: https://bearandraven.com/feed/ (Instead of pasting the long page, please just click on either the original page or the feed link) What am I doing wrong? The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi @bearraven , Thanks for the details! What you’re seeing is expected behavior – most browsers display raw RSS feed URLs (like https://bearandraven.com/feed/ ) as XML or an HTML-formatted version, depending on how the browser handles RSS. If your audience isn’t familiar with RSS, you might consider disabling the icon. I see you’re already offering the “follow by email” option, which is a great alternative. Thank you very much. I didn’t realize that was as intended. Anytime I click on an icon that looks like this on other blogs, it subscribes me to a feed. I will remove it in order to eliminate any confusion. You’re right, the follow button works as intended. Thanks again.

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alexsev 2025-04-30T05:01:00+00:00

Hi @bearraven , Thanks for the details! What you’re seeing is expected behavior – most browsers display raw RSS feed URLs (like https://bearandraven.com/feed/ ) as XML or an HTML-formatted version, depending on how the browser handles RSS. If your audience isn’t familiar with RSS, you might consider disabling the icon. I see you’re already offering the “follow by email” option, which is a great alternative.

bearraven 2025-04-30T23:35:00+00:00

Thank you very much. I didn’t realize that was as intended. Anytime I click on an icon that looks like this on other blogs, it subscribes me to a feed. I will remove it in order to eliminate any confusion. You’re right, the follow button works as intended. Thanks again.