Add subscribe button to feed asp.net

Question

Hello Everybody,

I have built an RSS feed and consume it in asp.net page.

In this page i want add a button that enables users to subsribe to the feed so that they stay updated with news(and informed).

If is that is not possible,should i work with a third party(feedblitz,...)

Thanks.

Answer 1

Usually this is just a link to the RSS that the user can open in their chosen reader and subscribe there.

If you add a link in the HTML element then a RSS icon will appear in the location bar in the more modern browsers.

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="My Feed" href="feed.xml" />

Answer 2

you should use .ashx instead of .aspx pages as RSS data source. Then Use

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="My Feed" href="RSSFeed.ashx" />

in head tag.