How do I edit my RSS feed within WP to add more descriptors, pics, etc.?

  • alexg222 · Member ·

    How do I edit my RSS feed that WordPress fills out automatically? The RSS feed works but not in all browsers or readers. Also, in Itunes I am missing tons of descriptors that I would want to add. Finally, my RSS is http://2guys1mic.com/feed/……..shouldn’t it be http://2guys1mic.com/feed/rss2/ or http://2guys1mic.com/?feed=rss2?

    Basically I want an updated RSS feed (the one WP generates is pretty good but it’s not perfect) that has more information and that can also be tailored to Itunes.

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • alexg222 · Member ·

    To clarify about the different responses readers/browsers have to the current feed http://2guys1mic.com/feed/

    Another funny thing that happens is that every browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) responds differently when you click on the “Entries RSS widget” on the right side of 2guys1mike.com. If you use Chrome for example, it gives you the text version of the XML being used.
    Safari on the other hand does nothing. Firefox, however lets you subscribe to the podcast. Shouldn’t all browsers respond the same?

  • timethief · Member ·

    This is you wordpress.com blog feed for posts http://2guys1mic.com/feed/ You cannot edit it. In this page > Settings > Reading you can chnage the setting to full text rather than summary.

    On the same page under Enhanced Feeds see
    Add to each article in your feed:
    _Categories
    _Tags
    _Comment count
    _Sharing

    (Changes may not appear until you create a new post or your news reader refreshes.)
    “save changes”

    That’s it. There’s nothing more you can do.

  • alexg222 · Member ·

    Okay I will try to add those. Still I have some other questions:

    1) Why does each browser treat the feed page differently, ie when you click Entries RSS on Safari it takes you to feed://2guys1mic.com/feed/ but when you click Entries RSS in Firefox it asks you to whether or not you want to subscribe to the feed and what program would you like to use? Is that just a browser issue? Shouldn’t both browsers react the same to http://2guys1mic.com/feed/ ? When I use Chrome it gives me a text document with code on it.

    2) My RSS is http://2guys1mic.com/feed/……..shouldn’t it be http://2guys1mic.com/feed/rss2/ or http://2guys1mic.com/?feed=rss2
    IE why isn’t the feed a file “rss2” as opposed to a directory /feed

  • alexg222 · Member ·

    When I say I use Chrome in question 1 above, I mean that I click on Entries RSS on the sidebar widget of my main web page, just like Safari and Firefox. While Safari just displays text with no option to subscribe, Chrome displays a page of code (I am assuming it’s “feed”) with the following message: “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.”

  • raincoaster · Member ·

    1) because each browser is made by different developers. Firefox can read feeds within itself, so it wants to know if you want to subscribe. Chrome can’t read it at all.

    2) no.

  • alexg222 · Member ·

    First thanks for the help.

    I am having trouble finding “Enhanced Feeds” under Settings>Reading.
    All I see is the option for text or summary—there is nothing that says enhanced feeds or any of the category options you mentioned
    “On the same page under Enhanced Feeds see
    Add to each article in your feed:
    _Categories
    _Tags
    _Comment count
    _Sharing”

    Could it be on another page? I know WP was just updated so maybe they moved these options.

    Thanks again.

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