Saturday, February 12, 2011

In Over My Head but Trying

Reader Lisa left a comment saying that my feed hadn't updated in her Yahoo reader in three months, and she wants to know if anyone else is having problems with the feed.

I don't speak Feed, but I have gone into Google's My Feeds and optimized all three of my blogs' feeds to be compatible with any feed reader, whatever that means. I hope it worked. But if anyone else is having issues, please let me know.

And if anyone knows what a feed is and how it works and can explain all of this in terms an idiot can understand, please share your wisdom.

9 comments:

  1. We're likely living on the same ignorant wavelength. I can tell you that I've been receiving your posts, though.

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  2. Speaking as a completely illiterate computer person I've no idea how these things work but I do know that I get you updated on my blog feed regularly. Doubt that helps anyone, lol. xx

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  3. Your comment really made me laugh! Your site is one of my favorites and I love your one layer card designs! I don't have any idea what a feed is and whenever I have my DH try and explain something about the computer, I end up more confused than when he started! I like to think I have lots of common sense--but don't think that helps at all in working with a computer! Good Luck! Sue (suen)

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  4. I've been receiving your posts in my Google Reader just fine... probably Google and Yahoo just need to learn to get along better. :P And hey, you found where to manage your feeds, so that's something! :D

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  5. I have been receiving your posts but funny enough, I had two people tell me that they haven't received updates via feedblitz (email notifcation for new posts) in 3 months.

    There's something funny going on- I'm off to figure out how you messed around with google to make sure you posts were compatible with everything...

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  6. Too funny.... oh not that some of your readers are not getting the blog feed but the way you tell stories (as always so fun to read).

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  7. Sketches for you huh?

    I could only think of two off the top of my head....
    1. mojomonday.blogspot.com
    and
    2. 2sketches4you.blogspot.com/

    I just checked and the 2nd one just retired and did their last sketch in January.

    I do love doing the wednesday sketches at Splitcoast, but you already know about that one!

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  8. Thank you Susan,
    And thank you all - I just went to the source since my "RSS feed" is not updating in yahoo. I think it's probably what Lindsey said, that google & yahoo aren't getting along. It is weird that is HAS been working fine, and I get to read the blog everyday until about 2 weeks ago. I tried yahoo help, but that's a nightmare...
    Anyway! A "feed" is basically a way to receive information from a blog and/or other electronic medium. You can "subscribe" to your feeds all in one place,like google reader or yahoo reader. Voila...all of your blogs are on one pages with updates. I might go to google reader if I can't figure out the yahoo.
    I love reading Simplicity everyday, it's like my cup of coffee.
    Lisa (a defunct blogger)

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  9. p.s. since I am anonymous, I can't edit my grammar spelling!

    And Susan is an English major!
    I meant to write electronic media

    First paragraph "I GOT to...
    Lisa

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