RSS feed problems

digicammad · 2006-01-17 15:21:11

I’m trying to get the RSS feed working on my site and would like some advice. I’ve added the code which auto generates the feed and I know this is at least partially working, as I am using Firefox and when I go to the blog pages the RSS icon lights up.

I have created a bookmark from this link but, when I click on the bookmark, instead of seeing the list of published articles I get the error ‘Livemark feed failed to load’.

I can’t find out what is causing this, any help would be appreciated.

If it is any help, the site is at http://www.aholidayinturkey.co.uk/ahitblog

Thanks

digicammad · 2006-01-17 15:31:16

I should add that I have run it through the feed validator and that didn’t show any errors.

NyteOwl · 2006-01-17 18:51:52

I don’t trust feedvalidator.org anymore.

After helping a friend debug their feed I hand assempled a feed adhering directly to the specifications but feedvalidator shows error and says it isn’t valid. The feed displays and works perfectly in RSS readers however.

digicammad · 2006-01-17 18:56:33

Would you possibly be able to check my feed in your reader and see if it works?

Thanks

KurtRaschke · 2006-01-17 19:34:27

I would recommend that you use an absolute URL rather than a relative URL in the <link> tag.

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS feed" href="http://www.aholidayinturkey.co.uk/ahitblog/index.php?rss=1" />

as opposed to

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS feed" href="/rss/" />

-Kurt

Last edited by KurtRaschke (2006-01-17 19:36:18)

animoller · 2006-01-18 01:47:15

Works for me in Safari.

NyteOwl · 2006-01-18 20:20:17

Works in FeedReader. WIll try Sage later when I get on the other machine.

digicammad · 2006-01-19 19:02:57

Thanks very much, your help is much appreciated.

alexburr · 2006-02-20 18:42:06

I am having this same problem on my in-progress site. In addition, clicking on the link to the RSS feed provided by Textpattern (<txp:feed_link label=“RSS” flavor=“rss” />) I am prompted to download the file instead of opening the feed and displaying the XML. Plus, trying to add the feed to other readers (Google Personal, Thunderbird) just spin when trying to verify the feed and never display any content. Feedreader keeps saying “Feed doesn’t contain any items”.

Have I missed part of the install process? I have no problems reading the support forum feed.

(work in progress) Blog URL is http://www.alexburr.com/blog/

EDIT: Just noticed the forum sticky. I’ve read through it and followed the instructions. Still nothing.

Last edited by alexburr (2006-02-20 19:08:24)

KurtRaschke · 2006-02-20 19:35:07

Alex, check the “Syndicate” option in the “sections” tab for the sections which contain the content that you expect to find in your feeds.

-Kurt

Last edited by KurtRaschke (2006-02-20 19:42:40)

alexburr · 2006-02-20 20:22:04

Thank you so much Kurt! That seems to have done the trick.

zem · 2006-02-20 22:05:17

FWIW, I added a new XML feeds category to the FAQ.

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