My remote linking rules effectively break RSS readers. To be specific: online RSS readers. For example, Google Reader? Since it's a website that sends a referrer line, it trips the rewrite rule and blocks images and links to music that I've posted. FeedBurner SAYS there are 15 subscribers to my feed, but... I don't get comments on my blog from 15 different people, so I'm inclined to take that number with a grain of salt.

However, for all you out there who are reading with RSS, I need you to verify if you can see images or use links to music. I will provide an example at the end of this post. My theory is that only online readers akin to Google Reader are affected. Offline readers, when you click a link, are going to open a browser and (hopefully) navigate straight to the link and be able to bypass my filter... If it doesn't, tell me the name of the reader you're using and I will attempt to manually allow you access.

Of course, I expect nobody to leave comments, because I've just invoked that age-old rule that when I specifically ask for input, nobody responds... If that's the case, I will assume that nobody cares and I'll leave things the way they are! Thank you for your attention! And now? The links!

Everyone enjoyed that Big Brain Academy music (haha, not)! Let's link that: Title (Big Brain Academy)

And here's an image of... Gilligan's Island?

If the music link doesn't scream Forbidden, and you see the DVDs of Gilligan's Island, then your reader works.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 at 5:32 pm and is filed under General.