Problem. How to display a Wordpress RSS feed in a browser that does not have a built-in RSS reader?

Question

If I can, I would prefer not to use a service like FeedBurner.

My setup:

I installed the RSS feed on the self-service Wordpress website by clicking the RSS link in Safari, it shows the feed because Safari has a built-in RSS reader. Fine.

Unfortunately, clicking the same RSS link in Chrome displays the original XML feed. I know why this is happening - Chrome has no built-in RSS reader. I also assume that this will be in older versions of Internet Explorer.

Possible Solution?

I noticed that http://www.bbc.co.uk/news has a nice solution:

Click the RSS feed (at the top of the page) in an RSS-enabled browser (Safari), and it uses the built-in RSS reader to display the RSS feed.

Click the same RSS feed link in Chrome (Chrome does not have a built-in RSS reader), it displays the RSS feed using what looks like a custom page.

Is there a way to check if the browser has a built-in RSS reader?

How can I provide alternative content (such as a BBC site) to a browser that does not have an RSS reader installed?

Any help on this would be brilliant, thanks for taking the time to read this. Stephen

Answer 1

BBC feed. - XSL ( Safari ).

http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/shared/bsp/xsl/rss/nolsol.xsl

, Chrome.

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Answer 2

, jQuery , RSS , zrssfeed (http://www.zazar.net/developers/zrssfeed/).

, waht RSS !:)

Answer 3

I would send your feed through Feedburner . In addition to providing you with convenient subscriber statistics, you can also enable the “BrowserFriendly” setting - this should give your readers a pleasant experience in both Chrome and other browsers.

I really didn’t mean that it sounds like an advertisement with soap powder, and I don’t have any marketing affiliation with Google or Feedburner, by the way :)