[PhilJ]

a1deano, sometimes that can be caused by another third party module, or it could be down to the settings regarding the 'ajax add to cart' functionality.

Check in general settings...
"Update mini-cart in background on product list and product details pages"

Re. RSS feeds, contact me and I can sort you out with the code. to generate feeds.

Re. our new template, we are still working on it and hope to release within October, it really depends on work load, which often varies day to day.