How to change Feedburner 'Feed Count' Chicklet Text?

Feedburner is a popular feed aggregator that can be well used to promote and publicize your blog. Feedburner provides an option to show of your feeds by using a ‘feed count’ chicklet. This chicklet can be of two types. One which is static showing number of ‘readers’ and one which is animated showing number of ‘readers via feed’. Feedburner provides options for customising color of text and chicklet of this tool but it does not provide any option to change the text – ‘readers’. In this tutorial, we will learn how to change the text of this ‘feed count chicklet’. Let’s get started.

1. Login to your feedburner account.

2. Click on your feed name.

3. Click on Publicize tab present in the top navigations of the page.

4. Click on “Feed Count” link present in left side bar.

5. Choose the type of ‘feed count’ you want (static or animated) and activate this service (if you have not already done). Now, you will get a code to paste in your website. This code will look like this-

<p><a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/techravings/new”><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/techravings/new?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=1″ height=”26″ width=”88″ style=”border:0″ alt=”" /></a></p>

Now, we will edit this code so that you may get your own custom text on your ‘feed count chicklet’ instead of that traditional ‘readers’.
For Animated Feed Count Chicklet

If you chose animated feed(which is more popular these days), you will get a code like the one below.

<p><a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/techravings/new”><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/techravings/new?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=1″ height=”26″ width=”88″ style=”border:0″ alt=”" /></a></p>

Now all you need to do is do some editing in this code. This is a simple edit which requires you to add a code. Just add the code in red below to your HTML.

<p><a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/techravings/new”><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/techravings/new?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=1&amp;label=Fans” height=”26″ width=”88″ style=”border:0″ alt=”" /></a></p>

The above mentioned code will change ‘readers’ to ‘Fans’. If you would like any other text, just replace ‘Fans’ with your own text. Just take precaution to not make your text more than 8 characters.

Playing the Animation more than once

When someone visits your webpage showing animated feed count, they will see the animation only once. You can play the animation multiple times by changing the ‘anim’ value. In animated feeds, it is set to 1 by default. Now just change the ‘anim’ value and your task is done.

<p><a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/techravings/new”><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/techravings/new?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=100&amp;label=Fans” height=”26″ width=”88″ style=”border:0″ alt=”" /></a></p>

This animation value starts from zero whenever your page is refreshed or a new page is opened. So, you do not need to set the ‘anim’ value too large.

For Static Feed Count Chicklet

If you chose a static feed count, you will get the following type of code.

<p><a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/techravings/new”><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/techravings/new?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=0″ height=”26″ width=”88″ style=”border:0″ alt=”" /></a></p>

There is no other difference in the two codes other than the ‘anim’ value. It was 1 for animated feed and it is 0 for static feed. So, basically, all you have to do is just add the following code adter ‘anim=0′ :

&amp;label=Fan

Now, your code will look something like this-

<p><a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/techravings/new”><img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/techravings/new?bg=99CCFF&amp;fg=444444&amp;anim=0&amp;label=Fans” height=”26″ width=”88″ style=”border:0″ alt=”" /></a></p>

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