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We’ve added RSS feeds for your favourites on Eventfinder, which makes it easy to add a list of events you’re going to be attending to your website or blog. Kudos to Stuart Maxwell for suggesting this one, it’s brilliant.

For those with a recent version of WordPress and a widget-capable theme, it’s even simpler. Follow the steps below to get a sidebar like the one on the right so your visitors can see what you’re going to be up to!

1. Log in to WordPress and go to Presentation > Widgets

2. Drag the RSS 1 widget into your sidebar, and click the configure link (to the right of the RSS widget box)

3. Enter your RSS feed address:
   http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/username.rss (all your favourites) or
   http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/username/going.rss (just attending)

   

4. Enter a title (e.g. Events I’m Attending) and how many events you want shown (I chose five)

5. Close the configure window by clicking the X in the top right corner, then Save Changes

That’s it - now go back and check your blog to see the automatically updated list of your favourites in your sidebar.

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