Claiming feeds in Bloglines

  • Resolved superjux

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    18 years, 7 months ago

    Hi. I’m trying to claim my feeds in Bloglines. The instructions say to:

    “In order to prove that you are authorized to claim the feeds listed below, please follow these instructions:

    1. Include this claim key in a blog post: <key>
    2. Include this user key in the template for your web site: <key>

    Press the “Verify My Claim” button. We will immediately confirm that the keys appear in your post and on your web site. (Show the technical details.)”

    Which file do I add the user key to? I tried the index and page templates, but that didn’t work.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

    Hilary

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  • Thread Starter superjux

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    Anyone?

    you’ve found your template files, right?

    under wp-content/themes/YourThemesName

    I’d try header or footer — those tend to always be displayed.

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    I’ve tried every file within my theme, and none of them work. I was wondering if I maybe missed something, but I’ve read a few other posts where people said they had problems too.

    well, I have no idea what bloglines wants you to add, and I’m really quite fuzzy on what “none of them work” might entail. Can you share more?

    Are you getting errors when you add the bloglines code? Is the bloglines code meant to be seen or just meant to be in the page somewhere?

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    They don’t have much info. All it says, is:

    In order to prove that you are authorized to claim the feeds listed below, please follow these instructions:

    1. Include this claim key in a blog post: <!-- ckey="key" -->
    2. Include this user key in the template for your web site: <!-- ukey="key" -->

    (Where key is the user specific key they give.)

    Then to press verify. That’s it.

    Ok, so that’s not something you’re going to see when you glance at the blog in a browser.

    If you view source, you’ll see it though, but there’s no visual aspect to it.

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    Actually it also says this:

    How claiming works:

    Bloglines verifies your claim in two steps. We check to find <!– ckey=”key” –> and <!– ukey=”key” –> at the Website URL. Then we look for the presence of <!– ckey=”key” –> and the absence of <!– ukey=”key” –> at the Feed URL. This dual key authentication method verifies that you control both the Website and the Feed and avoids false claims from those who can post but don’t control the Website.

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    Correct…to what you said.

    so, find your <body> tag. Probably in your theme’s header or index. Add
    <!-- ukey="key" -->
    right below it.

    Now, turn off the wysiwyg editor. Options -> Your Profile.
    Bottom checkbox, uncheck it and save.
    Go to Manage Posts and edit your most recent post.
    Add
    <!-- ckey="key" -->
    to that post and Save.

    Hie thee off to Bloglines and claim.

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    ok i’m trying this again right now

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    Nope:

    Authentication by Key Match Failed for site https://noshwithme.com with feed https://noshwithme.com/feed/.

    (And my wysiwyg editor was already off.)

    Hmm… I need sleep, must mull this over. Upon very brief reflection, I can’t see how this would work as WP is going to strip that ckey stuff from the RSS (I think).

    I just realized that I’ve never claimed my own blog with Bloglines, even though I use them as my primary reader. Lol. I guess I’ll give this a shot myself soon.

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    Cool, thanks. I’ve emailed with Bloglines, but they haven’t been able to help me.

    Keep me posted on what you find out.

    Thanks again!

    Hilary

    Well nuts, I’m no help. Apparently I had already claimed my blog at some point in the past. :-\

    Thread Starter superjux

    (@superjux)

    Oh, that’s a bummer. (Well, good for you. Bummer for me.)

    But…how were you able to already claim it when they only implemented the whole claiming thing a couple months ago?

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