This button is easy to set up. Readers can receive alerts whenever your feed is updated – via email, Yahoo! Messenger or mobile device.

For readers, it’s a powerful way to stay up to date with your content. For you, it is a fast, free and simple way to build an engaged user base.

Add the alert button javascript to your web page templates

First, add a pointer to the control javascript called “yactions.js” in the header of your page templates. This should sit within your header tags, though it can be anywhere on the page if necessary. For example, the top of your page might look like this:

Second, insert the button code wherever you want the button to appear (it’s a perfect complement to the Add to My Yahoo! button):

Replace RSS-FEED-URL-GOES-HERE with your feed’s URL, and BUTTONID with a unique alphanumeric string (no special characters). If you put more than one button on a page, you must have a unique BUTTONID to identify each one.

That’s it!

Did you know Yahoo! offers other free action buttons to make it easy for people to find, use and share your content? Visit the Yahoo! Publisher Network for more information.

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