One thing that can scupper CommentLuv users is when their theme has no autodiscovery feed url entered into their sites header. They have a subscribe to feed by email box and a big ass RSS feed button on the sidebar but those are no good to a robot computer script. All it knows is that your header is bare and there’s no feed there!.
The autodiscovery code
To best ensure that your sites feed is visible to all, especially CommentLuv when it comes calling, you need to insert a bit of code to your sites header. You can tell if it’s there or not by viewing your blog in Firefox browser and looking for the rss icon in the address bar (top image). If it’s there then you have nothing to worry about, if not, just follow the instructions below
This is for adding any feed to your header if you know the url:
WordPress Blogs Default RSS feed
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> RSS Feed" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" />
Any Blogs FeedBurner Feed
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Feedburner Feed" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/yourfeedburnerid" />
For blogpsot blogs
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="My blogspot posts Feed" href="http://mysite.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" />
WordPress 3.0 and up
This is for adding your default feed (the one you get automatically with your wordpress blog)
Open up your themes functions.php and add this code :
// wordpress 3.0 and up add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );
(thanks to @frumph for pointing this out
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Twitter: lambdakennels1
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This was very helpful. I could not figure out why Comment Luv wasn’t picking my feed up. It does now.
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Twitter: justcommentary
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I thought I was going to need to look over my html source but that little tip with the Firefox address bar rss icon was about as easy as it gets. I appreciate it.
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Twitter: commentluv
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glad you found it useful! thanks for coming by
I didn’t know there’s a certain code that you can insert into a blog to get that shortcut RSS feed url!
After all, most of the blogs I am using already has that button, although for some that do not have one, this is one useful info.
Lovely FB tip!
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Twitter: flyawaycafe
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Still not working for me, returning persistent and numerous errors. Feed is there. Posts are there. Not sure what to do. . . .
Twitter: commentluv
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please submit a support ticket with all the relevant urls you are trying and where
Twitter: dragonblogger
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Thanks for this tip, I was wondering why I had nothing but curl error 28 when trying to comment on CommentLuv sites since I switched to my new blog theme. I am hoping putting in the link code above solves the problem.
Twitter: commentluv
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make sure you unban your url too, that could be causing a problem if you were getting errors before. Also, you can enter in your exact feed url on the member page so comluv will always use that.
Twitter: wppluginsblog
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I ad the code, but still it is not picking my blog posts. You can see here.
Twitter: commentluv
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please submit a support ticket if you are having problems. you can read some stuff that will help here http://comluv.com/help-desk/
Twitter: Craig_sowerby
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Hi Andy,
I am getting errors with comluv not finding my feeds. I have tried reregistering my site here at comluv. Re installing my feed at feedburner. Unbanning my site.
The only other method which I can’t get my head around is having the feed in my header. I checked with firefox and the RSS seems to be in the browser, but still not working.
What and how should I do to sort this. I ahev recently changed my hosting account and this did ccause a few problems with things could this be the problem?
Cheers
Craig
Twitter: commentluv
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try unbanning your url at http://comluv.com/member/unban-url/
if that doesn’t work, please submit a support ticket with all the relevant urls .
Twitter: Craig_sowerby
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Hi Andy,
I tried that and still no joy. The message I get now when I comment on blogs is
“Error on site http://www.craigsowerby.com – trying to read http://feeds.feedburner.com/craigsowerby resulted in erorr: A feed could not be found at http://feeds.feddburner.com/craigsowerby”
I will submit a support ticket.
Cheers
Craig
Twitter: Craig_sowerby
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Hi Andy,
I have tried all avenues to sort out my problem but nothing seems to be working.
I have also tried to submit a support ticket but there is noe place to do so.
If you can get back to me a.s.a.p I would really appricate it.
Craig
Twitter: commentluv
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go to the member page at http://comluv.com/member/ and enter in your proper feed address
http://feeds.feedburner.com/craigsowerby
the one you have saved before is missing the B from feedBurner
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Ahh, the unban trick was all that i needed to do for my blog
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Where do you go to install this into the header? Where exactly is the header?
Twitter: commentluv
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if you don’t know what a header is then you shouldn’t try to edit it. Instead, ask your local web designer or family geek.
Hi Andy–
When I respond to comments in the “comment” box of Wp, my latest post is an old one.
Today a commenter told me that ‘that old one’ of mine showed up as her latest post on CommentLuv.
Thanks for your help!
Linda
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Twitter: commentluv
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please submit all support requests as a support ticket in the dashboard of this site, thanks!
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Twitter: MusingMom6
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I’m showing fine in Firefox– RSS feed.
I’m not showing any posts in comments on blogs though. I’m not seeing a problem with the issues listed.
I can’t even get to my blogs header. Please help. I had this working and now it says No last blog posts to return.
Thanks
Tammy
Twitter: commentluv
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any problems will need to be reported in a support ticket
I got this all figured out. My question now is the code that I put in my header the exact code above or do we need to put our information in the code above?
Thanks
Tammy
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Very helpful! Thanks, now I understand and have fixed the problem.
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Thank you! This is what i was missing. Now it works. I love your plugin, great job.
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Twitter: CyberGanesh
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Recently I’ve updated my WordPress theme and CommentLuv plugins for my web (http://www.mcqquestions.com) now the problem is that CummentLuv is not working. I can see the check box of CommentLuv but it does not displays my last post as well old posts.. I’ve tried in my friends blog with my web address there I can see my last post as well older posts, what may be the reason? is that problem caused by updating theme or updating plugins…?
If I delete my current CommentLuv plugins and reinstall that again is that retain my old links in old comments..? plz suggest me…!
Thanks
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Twitter: commentluv
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please submit a support ticket if you’re having problems
I have tried everything and I am still getting an error message. This is not good!
Twitter: commentluv
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please submit a support ticket if you’re having trouble
I did..
Where can I submit a support ticket??
Twitter: commentluv
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log in and visit the dashboard and click the submit support ticket button
Finally! It’s working..All I had to do is unban it.
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FYI – I think it is the newest version of commentluv that is giving me a problem. Feedburner is fine, it works on other sites with older versions of commentluv, and my site isn’t banned.
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My blogspot feeds don’t appear on wordpress blogs..Can the new plugin be installed to blogspot..?
Twitter: commentluv
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sorry, it cannot be installed to blogspot
I created a new feed for my blogspot account..How can I register my blogspot account on comluv.com so that my blogspot feeds appear on wordpress account which i frequently visit. Many thanks..
Twitter: commentluv
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you don’t need to register your site url anywhere any more. you need to add a reference to your feed to your sites header
see this post http://comluv.com/how-to-add-an-autodiscovery-feed-url-to-your-header/
Our site is no longer showing up in the many sites that I try comment on and it dissapears. Any thoights?
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Twitter: commentluv
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you should submit a support ticket at http://support.commentluv.com
Thanks! Very helpful–this may be the problem.
Twitter: CarmenBaasden
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Hooray! Thanks to this valuable post I am finally able to see details of my last blog post when I comment on commentluv sites.
This is fantastic! Thank-you so much for sharing!
Regards Carmen
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Twitter: element321
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I am now starting to get the cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 10000 milliseconds with 16 bytes received. I don’t receive it on most comluv sites, just a few. I am running wordpress 3.2.1 and I made the feedburner changes to the header as you suggested. How long will it take for Comluv plugin to see these updates?
Twitter: commentluv
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please submit a support ticket
Twitter: element321
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Thanks Andy, I just submitted a ticket.
I have blog developed in asp.net, how I can take advantage of commentLuV? is there any way we can use it such custom blogs
Twitter: commentluv
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sorry, it is not possible to have commentluv on .asp
Thanks for this wordpress code….I have wasted three hours to figure it out:(
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It works
. Finally after a week of searching for a way to fix this feed thing. My latest post now showing in commentluv. Thanks.
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I changed my blogger template and now the comment luv doesn’t pick up my post. Do I have to copy this code letter-by-letter or I have to change (insert the adress of my own blog or sth)? (sorry for dumb questions, but I have no experience with this whatsoever)
Twitter: commentluv
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you may want to get a webmaster to do it for you if you don’t know what you’re doing because you could break your blog if you put the wrong code in.
Twitter: redpenredtemper
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That’s why I keep my hands off the functions.php
I’m using WP and that one is the most sensitive. Well that’s what happens when I started doing diy tinkering argh!
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Thank you so much,
Finally after a 2 days of searching for a way to fix my drupal website I did it
CommentLuv is reading my feed
Thank you
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Twitter: amvdl1966
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Hi Andy.
You sound like an old vinyl record with hiccups.
“please submit a support ticket, please submit a support ticket, please submit a support ticket”
LOL.
Or is it intentional keyword stuffing.
BTW, thanks for the rss fix.
You da MAN.
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Twitter: commentluv
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haha, I try to put the support ticket bit wherever people ask questions and people still use the comments to ask for support!
it’s probably the first place that came up when they searched so I can’t blame them (or answer them)
It seems to me Firefox has lost this functionality.
Currently I experience all browsers ignoring RSS links in the header.
This handy RSS icon is not displayed on any site.
i have noticed that some feeds don’t work on various themes so this might be just the trick – will give it a try thanks.
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Twitter: SineaPies
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Hi Adam,
I followed the instructions for adding code to my blogger blog and as you can see, it worked here. It still did not work when I left a comment on TipJunkie.com . It just said that this version was not supported and I needed to download the premium version?
Help?
Sinea
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Twitter: snadkis
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I just tried the instructions for the addition to my theme functions you suggested for my newly updated wp blog, so the version is the most recent, but it does not seem to have worked and there’s no error message explaining what the problem could be, as you’d said to look for in the previous post on this topic.
Please be *more specific* as to exactly where the code:
// wordpress 3.0 and up
add_theme_support( ‘automatic-feed-links’ );
needs to be placed in the theme functions area.
I am not a php guru, but I did see a very long page of code and am wondering if I put the above pasted code in the right place.
Thank you for any help you or anyone else can offer to resolve this issue.
Twitter: redpenredtemper
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Hi Kim. The workaround ‘Any Blogs FeedBurner Feed’ worked for me since I know my FeedBurner url. I’m using the child theme for Twenty Eleven so I have a header.php. I open that, header.php, then I inserted the code (for Any Blogs FeedBurner Feed workaround replacing the FeedBurner to mine) just below the and it works. ComLuv was able to detect my blog’s feed.
I didn’t use the ‘WordPress 3.0 and up’ workaround because I’m afraid I might get an error in functions.php. With my previous experience when I do something on that file, I get error.
I hope that helped.
Regards,
Geraldiine
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Twitter: redpenredtemper
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The work around: Any Blogs FeedBurner Feed works since I know my feedburner url. I just noticed that ComLuv wasn’t able to detect my blog’s feed. I thought I’d mess up while I was doing some diy customization on my blog.
geraldine recently posted..monday book review #1: the name of the rose by umberto eco
Thanks for the tips
really useful. But I am using Thesis Theme so it’s already solved 
Thanks for posting this! Very helpful and clear instructions.
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Woohoo, finally it works now! Thank you so very much
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Thanks for this helppage, i was needed a help with rss and now its working again:)
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I am trying a new URL to see if this entirely separate blog works and lookie there it does…
Ok I will try my non-working one…
RTBOP
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