Using Feedburner - Part 2 - Adding an Email Subscription Button
Remember how I told you yesterday that Feedburner has all these cool little tools? Well, today we're going to use one to add an email subscription button to our blog pages. (It will look like the one in the upper right corner of this page!) So, if you want one of these handy buttons, just log into your Feedburner account and follow along!
1. Once you're logged in, you should see a screen that has your username and your feed name(s), like this:
Just click the name of the feed you want to create a button for.
2. Along the top of the page, you will see five tabs. Click the one that says "Publicize". You should see this:
3. On the left of the page, click the link that says "Email Subscriptions". It will look like this:
4. Scroll down till you see the part of the page that says "Subscription Form Code". Below that is a box full of code, like this:
Copy all that code, and then go open a new window with your blogger dashboard showing.
5. On your dashboard, click "Layout" then click "Add a gadget" where you want your subscription box to go.
6. Choose the 2nd option ("HTML/JavaScript").
7. Paste all the code you copied earlier into that box, and hit "Save".
Now, if you hit "View Blog", you will see a cool little subscription box! (If you want to see how your feed looks, or how the box works, just enter your own email address in the box, and hit Subscribe". Later I'll show you how to make your feed more user friendly, so it's a good idea to do this now to get an idea of the "before and after" effects!)
Let me know if you have any questions/issues! And let me know when you get them installed, as I'd love to see your new subscription boxes in action!
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