Friday, September 30, 2005

Subscribe using our XML webfeeds...!

It all started with that pesky Tom R making me think about RSS... he linked to an article by Dave Winer, and suddenly I found myself debating how feeds should be linked to on my sites...

Previously I had gone with an orange XML button, which linked to the feed. I was blissfully happy until I stopped to think about it...

I'm not going to go into it all here but you can follow my train of though over on my 9mmfilm blog:

First I just did a quick test to see if a 'Subscribe' button would look ok.


Then I started weighing up the pros and cons of it.

Then I came up with a possible solution I could be happy with.

And finally I researched some more and solidified my ideas.

All just to change one tiny little button on our blogs...! Admittedly, it's a potentially important little button.

So now, you might have noticed, we have a 'Subscribe' button (Dave Winer will be happy!) with a little help button next to it (thanks to Alan from Spoiltchild for perfecting that concept!).

The help button leads to a page explaining a little bit about subscribing and feeds and what have you. It also has some links for further reading if you're interested - you should have a look.