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authorBrian Picciano <mediocregopher@gmail.com>2021-01-16 21:37:42 -0700
committerBrian Picciano <mediocregopher@gmail.com>2021-01-16 21:38:06 -0700
commitd57fd70640948cf20eeb41b56e8d4e23e616cec0 (patch)
treee5a2c0e437995b0dbb0549666f348ed9dfe21149
parent59a39f0ca87d80f3fbe11a19c6103f83fda5c5f9 (diff)
Add RSS button, remove email section of follow page
-rw-r--r--_includes/header.html9
-rw-r--r--follow.md47
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/_includes/header.html b/_includes/header.html
index 69fb0aa..888a8dc 100644
--- a/_includes/header.html
+++ b/_includes/header.html
@@ -22,7 +22,14 @@
{%- if!page.nofollow != true %}
<div class="five columns light" style="text-align: right">
<span style="display:block; margin-bottom:0.5rem;">Get notified when new posts are published!</span>
- <a href="{{ "/follow.html" | relative_url }}"><button class="button-primary">Follow the blog</button></a>
+ <a href="{{ "/follow.html" | relative_url }}"><button class="button-primary">
+ <i class="fab fa-twitter"></i>
+ Follow
+ </button></a>
+ <a href="{{ "/feed.xml" | relative_url }}"><button class="button">
+ <i class="fas fa-rss"></i>
+ RSS
+ </button></a>
</div>
{% endif -%}
</div>
diff --git a/follow.md b/follow.md
index d1daa24..8093267 100644
--- a/follow.md
+++ b/follow.md
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ recommendations:
* [spaRSS](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.etuldan.sparss.floss/) is my
preferred android RSS reader, but you'll need to install
- [f-droid](https://f-droid.org/) on your device (a good thing to do anyway,
- imo).
-
-* TODO: an iOS reader, for you Apple users. Someone please [email
- me](mailto:mediocregopher.com) a recommendation.
+ [f-droid](https://f-droid.org/) on your device to use it (a good thing to do
+ anyway, imo).
+* [NetNewsWire](https://ranchero.com/netnewswire/) is a good reader for
+ iPhone/iPad/Mac devices, so I'm told. Their homepage description makes a much
+ better sales pitch for RSS than I ever could.
## Option 2: Twitter
@@ -37,37 +37,8 @@ New posts are automatically published to [my Twitter](https://twitter.com/{{
site.twitter_username }}). Simply follow me there and pray the algorithm smiles
upon my tweets enough to show them to you! :pray: :pray: :pray:
-## Option 3: Email
-
-I do solemnly swear to never ever ever:
-
-* Email you anything that's not a notification about new blog posts.
-
-* Give your email address to anyone for any reason.
-
-* Track whether or not you've opened the emails, clicked the links inside, or
- anything like that. Delete every single one, I don't care.
-
-With that out of the way... if you'd like to receive an email everytime a new
-post is published just type in your email and hit "Subscribe" below!
+## Option 3: Email?
-<!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->
-<link href="//cdn-images.mailchimp.com/embedcode/horizontal-slim-10_7.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
-<style type="text/css">
- #mc_embed_signup{
- }
- /* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.
- We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */
-</style>
-<div id="mc_embed_signup">
-<form action="https://gmail.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=b01da7c6e6b3cb148e812a0fc&amp;id=e4559a9a22" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_blank" novalidate>
- <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll">
-
- <input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="email" id="mce-EMAIL" placeholder="email address" required>
- <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->
- <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;" aria-hidden="true"><input type="text" name="b_b01da7c6e6b3cb148e812a0fc_e4559a9a22" tabindex="-1" value=""></div>
- <div class="clear"><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button"></div>
- </div>
-</form>
-</div>
-<!--End mc_embed_signup-->
+I tried setting up an RSS-to-Email list thing on Mailchimp but it doesn't seem
+to like my RSS feed. If anyone knows a better alternative please [email
+me.](mailto:mediocregopher@gmail.com)