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This article documents the change the Comments RSS feed associated with blog, when you switch on the HTTPS option for a blog with a custom domain. If your blog has a custom domain, you now have an option to switch on HTTPS to make it more secure. If you do this, then the RSS feed address for your blog's comments changes. This may be handled graciously by your template.  But if you use a service like Feedburner to display recent comments in an HTML gadget, then the gadget will break unless you update.    Well - mine did anyways.   Maybe your settings are different. What was your blog's RSS comment feed address Articles published by various people, including Google, say that your blog has various RSS feeds, including  2 site comments feeds. Atom :   http://yourCustom.Domain/feeds/comments/default RSS :     http://yourCustom.Domain/feeds/comments/default?alt=rss (substituting your actual custom domain   eg myBlog.com  ...

The Follow-by-email gadget uses Feedburner's email-subscription service.   It's very easy to add to your blog, but there are some things that you need to think about if you are using it to deliver blog-posts to your followers by email. The Follow-by-Email gadget is a very simple way to give your readers access to blog-updates by email: it delivers a message in their inbox every day that you post. But to decide if it's a good thing to use, to get good value from it, and to troubleshoot any problems, you need to understand a little more about how it works. And, since it uses Feedburner, this means understanding how Feedburner works, too. What is Feedburner The Follow by Email gadget uses a product called Feedburner to manage the list of people who have followed, ie subscribed to your blog.  Feedburner was originally a tool to enhance the RSS subscriptions that website-owners delivered - see Why RSS / Subscribe to Posts is important for your blog   for info about RSS...

Feedburner's chicklets are used to add the standard "orange radar" button to your blog.  This lets readers to subscribe the RSS feed of your choice.   The information is targeted to Blogger users, but most of it applies to anyone who uses Feedburner. What is a Chicklet, and why you need one: Previously I've explained how to remove the (ugly and confusing) "Subscribe to Posts (atom)" link from your blog , and why RSS / Subscribe to Posts is important to your blog and how to create a Feedburner feed for it . But an RSS feed is useless unless people subscribe to it.  So as well as making the feed, you also need to put something in your blog that lets your readers sign up for it . A standard option for this is the orange square with "radar" markings on it, which many people call a " chicklet " (since it lets your viewer - the chicken? - have access to the feed you are providing). Feedburner also has options for: Using a custom icon from pop...

Blogger have made it very simple to offer an email-subscription to your blog, with the "Follow by Email" gadget.  This article describes adding it to your blog, and how it works for your readers. Previously, I've explained why RSS is important for your blog , and how to give your blog a subscribe by email option using Feedburner . The Follow by Email gadget that Blogger provide makes this even easier:  you can add an email subscription option to your blog by following these steps: How to add the Follow by Email Gadget Log in to Blogger Use a Google account with admin rights to the blog, and which you want to use to get statistics about your email subscribers. Go to the Design tab Select Add a Gadget in the area where you want to put the email subscription option Choose Follow by Email (it's current at the top of the list) Enter the title that you want displayed on your blog (initially it's "Follow by email") Press Save . This puts the gadget onto y...