diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 2aa433e..8b9f8af 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ You can report mistakes or errors, add suggestions, additions, updates or improv
 
 # How can I add a post to the blog?
 
+This blog exists to showcase the tidyomics ecosystem. Possible posts include analysis which make use of the tidyomics ecosystem or the sharing of new features in our packages. 
+
 We are using Hugo and BlogDown to build our blog. These tools take care of most of the work for us, so that adding a new blog post is quick to do. If you would like more information about Hugo and BlogDown you can find the documentation here: https://bookdown.org/yihui/blogdown/hugo.html.
 
 In brief, the process to add a post is:
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4212a17..c79e5ba 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tidyomicsBlog
 Title: The tidyomics blog
-Version: 1.2.1
+Version: 1.2.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Stefano", "Mangiola", email="mangiola.s@wehi.edu.au",
     role = c("aut","cre"),
diff --git a/blog/config.yaml b/blog/config.yaml
index 8fd1dc5..cb8a8fa 100644
--- a/blog/config.yaml
+++ b/blog/config.yaml
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ menu:
       name: Tags
       url: /tags/
       weight: 30
-    - identifier: categories
-      name: Categories
-      url: /categories/
-      weight: 40
 params:
   archivePaginate: 50
   autoCollapseToc: no
diff --git a/blog/content/about.md b/blog/content/about.md
index c787d34..8dc23a8 100644
--- a/blog/content/about.md
+++ b/blog/content/about.md
@@ -6,15 +6,8 @@ title: About
 weight: 50
 ---
 
-Hugo is a static site engine written in Go.
+This is the blog of the tidyomics ecosystem. In it, we hope to share exciting updates on the development and use of our ecosystem. 
 
+You can find out more at our [homepage](https://github.com/tidyomics).
 
-It makes use of a variety of open source projects including:
-
-* [Cobra](https://github.com/spf13/cobra)
-* [Viper](https://github.com/spf13/viper)
-* [J Walter Weatherman](https://github.com/spf13/jWalterWeatherman)
-* [Cast](https://github.com/spf13/cast)
-
-Learn more and contribute on [GitHub](https://github.com/gohugoio).
-
+This blog is part of [R-Bloggers](https://www.r-bloggers.com).
diff --git a/blog/layouts/rss.xml b/blog/layouts/rss.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe6933f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blog/layouts/rss.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.email in favor of site.Params.author.email */}}
+{{- $authorEmail := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.author }}
+  {{- if reflect.IsMap . }}
+    {{- with .email }}
+      {{- $authorEmail = . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with site.Author.email }}
+    {{- $authorEmail = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.email instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- /* Deprecate site.Author.name in favor of site.Params.author.name */}}
+{{- $authorName := "" }}
+{{- with site.Params.author }}
+  {{- if reflect.IsMap . }}
+    {{- with .name }}
+      {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- else }}
+    {{- $authorName  = . }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- else }}
+  {{- with site.Author.name }}
+    {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- $pctx := . }}
+{{- if .IsHome }}{{ $pctx = .Site }}{{ end }}
+{{- $pages := slice }}
+{{- if or $.IsHome $.IsSection }}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.RegularPages }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $pages = $pctx.Pages }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- $limit := .Site.Config.Services.RSS.Limit }}
+{{- if ge $limit 1 }}
+{{- $pages = $pages | first $limit }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>{{ if eq .Title .Site.Title }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ else }}{{ with .Title }}{{ . }} on {{ end }}{{ .Site.Title }}{{ end }}</title>
+    <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+    <description>Recent content {{ if ne .Title .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{ . }} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
+    <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
+    <language>{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</managingEditor>{{ end }}{{ with $authorEmail }}
+    <webMaster>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</webMaster>{{ end }}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
+    <copyright>{{ . }}</copyright>{{ end }}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+    <lastBuildDate>{{ (index $pages.ByLastmod.Reverse 0).Lastmod.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
+    {{- with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" }}
+    {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- range $pages }}
+    <item>
+      <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+      <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+      <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+      {{- with $authorEmail }}<author>{{ . }}{{ with $authorName }} ({{ . }}){{ end }}</author>{{ end }}
+      <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
+      <description>{{ .Content | html }}</description>
+    </item>
+    {{- end }}
+  </channel>
+</rss>
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