Subscribing to feeds

How often will I get updates?

We check feeds for updates every hour.

Do you have a daily digest option?

Not right now, although we may add one if there's enough demand.

What if I don't know the exact feed URL?

Not to worry, we'll autodetect any available feeds from a website URL.

Do you have a bookmarklet that I can use to quickly subscribe to feeds?

Yes. Add this Blogtrottr bookmarklet to your favourites (by right clicking and selecting 'Add to favourites' or dragging it to your favourites toolbar), and when you're on a page that you want to follow with Blogtrottr, just click the bookmarklet.

That's lovely, but just what is a bookmarklet?

A bookmarklet is a tiny program contained in a bookmark which can be saved and used the same way you use normal bookmarks.

Can I replace the prompt in the bookmarklet with my email address?

Sure thing, just replace email=prompt('Please%20enter%20your%20email%20address'); with email='myemail@example.com';

How can I add Blogtrottr as a Firefox feed reader?

Simply click here to add Blogtrottr to your Firefox feed readers.

Why do I sometimes get the same email more than once?

Feed owners sometimes edit items after posting, and what you're seeing is a new email with the revised content.

I've got lots of subscriptions now. How can I manage them all?

Follow the Manage your subscriptions link and we'll send you an email containing a list of your subscriptions, along with unsubscribe links.

Can I subscribe to feeds that require me to log in?

If the feed supports basic HTTP authentication, then yes - you can embed a username and password into a URL like this: http(s)://username:password@server.domain.com/feedname.xml
This means of course that we'll have these credentials stored in plain text, and while we won't reveal them to anyone it'd be a sensible precaution to use a unique password, and not one that you use on other sites or services.

Webmasters

Can I use a form on my site to let people easily follow my feeds using Blogtrottr?

Of course! Copy the code below, and replace http://yourfeed with your feed URL.

<form method='post' action='http://blogtrottr.com'> Your email: <input type='text' name='btr_email' /><br /> <input type='hidden' name='btr_url' value='http://yourfeed' /> <input type='submit' value='Follow this feed via email' /> </form>

I don't like forms. Can I use a button?

You certainly can. Help yourself to a button, copy the code below, and replace http://yourfeed with your feed URL.

<a href='http://blogtrottr.com/?subscribe=http://yourfeed' title='Get this feed delivered by email'> <img src='/images/icons/blogtrottr-16px.png' alt='Blogtrottr' /></a>

Privacy

How do you use my email address?

We only use your email address to send you feeds that you have subscribed to, although we may very occasionally use it to contact you if there's some kind of problem.

Here at Blogtrottr we hate spam as much as you, and so we will never sell, share, rent, or in any way disclose your email address to anyone else.