posted 19 Aug 2010 15:36 by Stephen Hind
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updated 19 Aug 2010 18:47
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Instructions
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On your Announcements page find the Subscribe
to posts link (next to an RSS Feed icon ) and right-click and copy the URL of the feed (Copy link
location in Firefox, Copy shortcut in Internet
Explorer, Copy link address in Google Chrome, Copy link in
Safari).
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Go to http://feedburner.google.com/,
sign in and paste the feed URL you copied from your site in the Burn
a feed right this instant box and use the Next button.
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Enter
the Feed Title and Feed Address as you want them to be
and use the Next button.
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Take a copy of the feed's
URL that FeedBurner provides and use the Next button.
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Tick
any extra Traffic statistics you may want to see and use the Next button
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On
the Publicize tab use the Email Subscriptions link and
then the Activate button
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From the Subscription
Management box copy the HTML code given for the form (or the link)
and use the Save button.
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Go to the page on your
site where you want to add the form (or the link) and use the Edit
Page button then the HTML button.
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Find the
area of the page you want to add the form (or link), paste the code you
copied from FeedBurner, use the Update button (if you paste the
code for the form you will see it change to an Embed Gadget box - this
is normal) and then the Save button.
Visitors to
your site can now sign up for e-mail updates from your Announcements
page. Example Subscribe Form - Google Sites How Tos
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Burn a feed right this instant

Feed Title and Address
 FeedBurner Feed URL FeedBurner E-Mail Subscriptions Activate
FeedBurner Subscription Management
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