News feeds are great for blog visitors who want to be informed about new blog entries. FlatPress automatically provides two types of news feed: RSS and Atom. As examples, see the flatpress.org feeds in action:
(There is a lot of feed reader software out there. For example, the free desktop mail client Thunderbird is able to display RSS feed contents; Android users may know Feeder.)
It is important for your visitors to know there is a news feed they can subscribe to. This may be done in different ways:
Add a link to your blog's feed anywhere to your theme's template files. The feed links are straightforward! With the PrettyURLs plugin enabled, it's just:
Without PrettyURLs, use:
Comments of an entry with PrettyURLs
Most visitors will recognize a feed link that is decorated with the commonly known feed icon, such as this example.
Help visitors to your blog to use feeds and their benefits by adding a link to this article, for example.
An easy way to have your visitors subscribing to your blog's RSS/ Atom feed is the RSS and Atom feed widget plugin. It provides a widget with a “Subscribe” button - just add the widget e.g. to your sidebar!
