Ah! Those are supposed to be links you can use to get RSS feeds. To view the current page of Editor's Picks, use the Editor's Picks buttons on the right side of each category.
However, you still shouldn't have gotten a page of text (i.e., raw XML). Here's what I see when I use Firefox:
I couldn't reproduce the problem either. I tried all of the editors picks links I could see on the front page. Though, to be fair, I'm using my phone so I'm not sure how well that translates to OS browsers.
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8 years ago
im running chrome on windows 7, and it was the little links on the left side of the page by each category with the rss icon beside it
Reply 8 years ago
Ah! Those are supposed to be links you can use to get RSS feeds. To view the current page of Editor's Picks, use the Editor's Picks buttons on the right side of each category.
However, you still shouldn't have gotten a page of text (i.e., raw XML). Here's what I see when I use Firefox:
Reply 8 years ago
Chrome has no built-in RSS reader, so I see the raw XML:
https://cdn.instructables.com/F9Z/FE1P/GI0TJL6N/F9ZFE1PGI0TJL6N.SQUARE2.jpg https://cdn.instructables.com/F9Z/FE1P/GI0TJL6N/F9ZFE1PGI0TJL6N.SQUARE.jpg https://cdn.instructables.com/F9Z/FE1P/GI0TJL6N/F9ZFE1PGI0TJL6N.SMALL.jpg Biggsy Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:56:56 PST Vegan Bacon https://www.instructables.com/id/Vegan-Bacon/ https://cdn.instructables.com/FR9/M6YE/GI0TGPJA/FR9M6YEGI0TGPJA.SQUARE2.jpg https://cdn.instructables.com/FR9/M6YE/GI0TGPJA/FR9M6YEGI0TGPJA.SQUARE.jpg https://cdn.instructables.com/FR9/M6YE/GI0TGPJA/FR9M6YEGI0TGPJA.SMALL.jpg frenzy Wed, 29 Dec 2010 22:00:11 PST Traditional Italian biscuits: Zaeti https://www.instructables.com/id/Traditional-Italian-biscuits-Zaeti/
and so on...
You can get extensions which allow you to read RSS in Chrome, but in the mean time, make sure you click the link, and not the orange RSS logo
8 years ago
I couldn't reproduce the problem either. I tried all of the editors picks links I could see on the front page. Though, to be fair, I'm using my phone so I'm not sure how well that translates to OS browsers.
8 years ago
> Which "Editor's Picks" was it?
> What software are you using?
(I can't reproduce the fault running FF under XP)