Fixing Feed Problems

Just got an email from a feed subscriber that my blog’s RSS feed isn’t working (thanks Bob!). I noticed that two days ago when my Firefox’s Live Bookmark feed failed to load but I thought it was nothing. It’s working with FeedDemon though.

I’m now looking into it. Feedburner’s FeedMedic is reporting the errors. I should be able to find the problem and fix it asap.

Update:

Ok, I can’t seem to find a fix for this one:

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?feed=rss2
Line Number 196, Column 11: < title >< tags > page< /title >
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Anybody experienced the same problem?

Update 2:

OK fixed it. Two problems. One is mine and the other is inherent with WP.

1) In wp-rss2.php, there’s a line there which involves changing < wfw:commentRSS > to < wfw:commentRss > . Note the capitalized SS letters.

2) There was a problem with the RSS feeds when you include the “<" and ">” chars. That was caused by my post titled “< tags > page”.

@ Andrew

Removed your first comment. Thanks for that tip! Took me a while to figure that out. :)

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

4 Comments

noemi says:

18 years ago

ah i thought it was my feed program that refused to work.
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Andrew says:

18 years ago

Oh Christ, my first comment didn’t appear correctly.

Please delete it. What I’m trying to say was:

Yeah, I encountered that error many times! It usually involves a syntax error either in the Title or snippet of the content body. In your case, itâ€™s the < and > that is causing the problem. I suggest you change the title of your article called â€< tag > pageâ€ to something else to fix your feed. After you do that, go to Feedburner and reenter your feed URL so itâ€™s updated. Remember also that the â€˜&â€™ causes the same error.
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

FeedBurner still thinks it’s broken.
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Johnny says:

13 years ago

Oh, a great post! I have no clue how you came up with this article..itâ€™d take me weeks. Well worth it though, Iâ€™d assume. Have you considered selling banners on your website?
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