You can use this Widget in addition to, or in place of, the Subscribe Link in your Nav Menu. (See Customize and Style Subscribe Link for more information on adding a Subscribe Link to your Nav Menu.)

To add the widget to your sidebar, go to Appearance > Widgets, look for the widget named Subscriptions, and drag it to the desired sidebar on the right. Then, configure your options:

• Title

  This is the heading which will appear above the widget in the sidebar.

• Describe your subscription options

  If you’d like to add some introductory or explanatory text about the subscription options you offer, you can enter it here.

• RSS link text

  Thesis will automatically use the Feed URL you have entered under Site Options > Document Head > Syndication/Feed URL for this link, so the only thing you need to enter here is the text you want Thesis to use for the link.

  (See Set Your Feed URL for more information on configuring this option.)

• Email link and text

  If you offer a service where your subscribers can be notified of new posts via Email, you can use this option to display the link for this. Note that you should enter your information in the proper HTML format for creating a link.

If you’re using Thesis 1, small icons should be automatically displayed next to the RSS and Email links. To modify these styles, start with the following code in custom.css:

.custom .thesis_widget_subscriptions .sub_rss a {
  padding-left: 20px;
  background: url('../lib/images/icon-rss.gif') 0 50% no-repeat;
}

.custom .thesis_widget_subscriptions .sub_email a {
  padding-left: 20px;
  background: url('../lib/images/icon-email.gif') 0 50% no-repeat;
}

Attention! The following instructions are deprecated as of Thesis 2.1.

If you’re using Thesis 2, you’ll need to deploy your own CSS styles to display the icons. Create a new Single Element Styles CSS Package named Subscriptions (with a Reference of subscriptions and a CSS Selector of .thesis_widget_subscriptions), and then place this code in the Additional CSS tab:

.thesis_widget_subscriptions .sub_rss a {
  padding-left: 20px;
  background: url('images/icon-rss.gif') 0 50% no-repeat;
}

.thesis_widget_subscriptions .sub_email a {
  padding-left: 20px;
  background: url('images/icon-email.gif') 0 50% no-repeat;
}

Save the package; add &subscriptions to the Skin CSS; and then click SAVE CSS to compile your changes.

function feed_button() {?>
<span class="feed_count">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FEEDNAME">
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/FEEDNAME?bg=2361a1&amp;fg=ffffff&amp;anim=0" height="26" width="88" alt="Feedburner feed counter" />
</a>
</span>
<?
}

add_action('thesis_hook_header', 'feed_button');

Then, place this code in custom.css:

.custom #header { position:relative; }

.custom .feed_count {
  position:absolute;
  right:0;
  top:0.7em;
}

You can see an example of what this looks like on the Thesis Theme site.

If you’re using an service like FeedBurner to manage your RSS feed, Thesis makes it easy to point your feed link to the service’s URL (instead of using the one which points to the default WordPress feed).

Go to the Site Options panel, and expand the “Syndication/Feed URL” section (under Document Head).

In the Feed URL field, enter the URL to your preferred feed. Click the Save button.

Customize Feed Link Text ∞

The information in this section only applies when “Thesis nav menu” has been selected as the Menu Type under Navigation Menu.

By default, Thesis uses the word “Subscribe” as the text for your feed link in the Nav Menu. To change this text, go to the Site Options panel, and expand the “Feed Link” section (under Navigation Menu).

In the Change your feed link text field, enter your desired text to be used for the feed link. Click the Save button.

Style Feed Link ∞

Place this code in custom.css, and change to suit your requirements:

.custom .rss a {
   color: #111111;
   text-transform: uppercase;
   padding-right: 16px;
   background: url('../lib/images/icon-rss.gif') 100% 50% no-repeat;
}
.custom .rss a:hover {
   color: #111111;
   text-decoration: underline;
}

Remove ‘nofollow’ Attribute From Feed Link ∞

The information in this section only applies when “Thesis nav menu” has been selected as the Menu Type under Navigation Menu.

By default, Thesis applies the nofollow attribute to your feed link. To disable this behavior, go to the Site Options panel, and expand the “Feed Link” section (under Navigation Menu).

Uncheck the Add nofollow to feed link option. Click the Save button.