A few bloggers, recently, are trying to add a Feed gadget to one of their blogs, and as they do so, the "Configure Feed" wizard shows a mythical "Net-Temps Job Search Feed". This typically happens when the feed in question has not been activated.
If you're seeing the "Net-Temps Job Search Feed" when trying to "Configure Feed", you'll find- The Save button will be non responsive. You can't publish a Feed gadget configured for a non existent feed.
- As soon as you correct the problem
- Activate the feed for your blog (when the feed is for your blog).
- Hit "Change Feed URL" from the "Configure Feed" display with "Net-Temps Job Search Feed" displayed.
- Hit "Continue".
you'll see the feed for your blog in the "Configure Feed" gadget window. And, you'll be able to publish the new Feed gadget.
Before you can do step #2, though, you may experience a small amount of panicOMG, my blog has been hijacked!
But take a deep breath, count to 10, and activate the feed for your blog. You'll get nowhere, until you do step #2.
Really.
So, let's add a feed gadget for my new (mythical, right now) blog "nitecruzrs-non-existent-blog.blogspot.com".
And there is the mythical "Net-Temps Job Search Feed". But try hitting "Save", and see what happens.
So, I'll activate the feed on my "non existent" blog. And "Change Feed URL".
And hit "Continue" again. And now, I'm in business, with my (previously) "non existent" blog feed good to go.
If you see any other results, this post is open for comments.
(Update 2012/03/30): We're now seeing a similar oddity in our Reading List / Google Reader displays.
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When we want to connect our blogs to our friends blogs, and vice versa, the first thing we think about is a linklist. Taking a basic list, and attaching a link to each list member, gives a nice structured list of links, called in some cases a BlogRoll, and called by Blogger a LinkList. That's simple, and that's boring.
So Blogger went one better, replacing the links with blog feeds, and voila - the BlogList. For each LinkList entry, you provide a caption, and a link (URL). For each BlogList entry, you provide only a URL. Blogger does the rest, and you have a list of feeds.
You can display the feeds in several different formats. For each feeds, you can choose to display- The FavIcon of the blog.
- Title of most recent item.
- Snippet of most recent item.
- Thumbnail of most recent item.
- Date of last update.
THis gives you a nice set of choices what you want your BlogList to look like.
Want to see one in action? Look at the bottom of my sidebar, for my current BlogList (subject to change).- Roberto's Report.
- Blogger Developers Network.
- Blogger Error Codes.
Use your imagination, and enjoy the results with your readers.
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