New +Religion Feed

RssSome time ago I got a request in the combox to set up a feed for the religious content of the blog so that those who want to subscribe but who aren't interested in the non-religious stuff I also talk about will have a way to have just they content they are interested in delivered to their feed readers.

At the time, I didn't think there was a way to set up such a feed on TypePad. At least the user interface doesn't natively have a way to set up that kind of feed.

But I aim to please, and I've found a workaround.

You'll notice, if you look at the category cloud in the lower right margin that there is a new category called "+Religion." The plus is in the title purely to force it to the top of the category list, so when I'm composing a post, I don't have to scroll through loads of categories (the UI only shows me the top 5-6 without having to scroll). I can just click the +Religion category, and it will be included there.

After creating the +Religion category, I then created a feed for it on Feedburner.

The result is that you can now subscribe to the JimmyAkin.Org +Religion feed, and you'll get all and only the religious content I post. (Unless, in a particular case, I forget to check the +Religion box to put it in that category.)

It's full address is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/jimmyakin/religion

If you want the full Jimmy Akin experience, though, just subscribe to the regular JimmyAkin.Org feed, and you'll get everything.

So, it involves a little more work on my part per post, but the new solution should allow those who are just interested in the religion stuff to more easily get the material they are interested in.

Hope this helps!

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

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  3. Jimmy, thanks so much for sharing your work around. I think I can use it as the solution to my own situation. I’m a youth minister using wordpress to host a site for the youth and their parents. However, there are two groups, one for middle, 6th-8th, and another for high school. I hope to use your work around to allow people to subscribe to the content to pertains to them. Now I just have to learn HTML well enough to make the subscribe link a picture. So thanks again!!!

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