Why is there a strange Wifi icon on my blog's footer?

Store Design
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Hello guys
I’m kind of desperate, I’m using the Debut theme and on the pages related to the Blog the wifi icon appears in the footer. When I click on the icon it goes to a code page.

1º - I would like to know the function of this icon.

2º - There can only be two solutions for me. Either delete the icon or put it to work correctly.

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I would be very grateful for a help.

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Hi @HB23

Thank you for the screenshot and for the details of your question. I can definitely help you with this.

That icon is for someone to create a RSS feed for your store. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It refers to files easily read by a computer called XML files that automatically update information.

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Hello Shay

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The big problem is when I click on the icon it loads the page that I show in the image. I’ve been trying to look for a solution online and I can’t find anything. I really need help

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The page you’re seeing is correct – basically people can copy the URL from that page and put it into an RSS reader so that they get notifications when you, for example, publish new blog posts.

If you want to hide it, you can customize your theme with the theme editor.

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**thanks for your answer it was very useful to understand. @Aurnik / @Shay **
I use debut theme. I need to hide/disable the icon. Inside the theme customization i find no option to hide it. I deduce that I will have to apply some code. Can anyone help me with this?

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Hi @HB23

You betcha, I have a method to hide that element. You will need to make a small change to the theme code, but it is easily reversible if it causes any issues in the future.

That being said, I ALWAYS recommend creating a backup of your theme file before making any coding changes, installing any apps, or making any design changes. This is to ensure you have a safe recovery point you can fall back to if something goes sideways at any point.

To duplicate your theme:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
  2. For the theme that you want to duplicate, click the … button to open the actions menu, and then click Duplicate.
  3. If you are making coding changes, I recommend publishing the new duplicate copy of the theme so that you can edit the primary theme without it affecting the customer experience.

To hide the RSS element in your store we are going to use comment code to essentially hide the rss button from the store experience. This is a simple change and easily reversed if it causes conflicts with anything:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
  2. Next to the theme you want to edit the code for, click the … button to open the actions menu and select edit code.
  3. In the left hand column of the code editor search for RSS and open the icon-rss.liquid file.
  4. In front of the first line of code add {% comment %} and after the last line of code {% endcomment %}
  5. Click save and review the theme in the theme editor to confirm changes.

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You can use the comment/endcomment code anywhere in your theme to add in a note or track changes you are making. Also, it can be used to make easy to find placeholders in various parts of the theme code.