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1. usernomics
   Member

   Hello,

   I have two almost identical feeds running through FeedBurner with FeedDigest PHP scripts pointing to both of them. They have both worked fine for two years. However, one of them is no longer updating. The problem script is with http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/KXHCTSBJLH.html . The destination page that is not updating can be seen at http://www.usernomics.com/index.html (in the left side scroll box).

   The similar one that is working fine is at http://app.feeddigest.com/digest3/HZ5FYFYS9U.html .

   Can you see what might be wrong with the problem script?

   Thanks,

   Bob

   Posted 18 years ago #

2. usernomics
   Member

   Hello Again,

   I think I found what may be the problem but I am not sure. Neither feed validates and the problem seems to be the URL of the location for my posts. The validation error is below. This may be because my Blogs originate with Blogger.com even though they are hosted on my site. I just updated to the new Blogger 2 which may have caused the URL problem. The XML for the problem site is http://www.usernomics.com/news/user-interface-design-news.xml which is on my site.

   Does this help to pinpoint the problem? If so, I am not sure how to fix it because the URL's are automatically inserted by Blogger.com. Also, it does not explain why one updates and the other does not.

   Thanks Again,

   Bob

   --

   line 1, column 3816: Not a valid MIME type: Survey Highlights Dangers In Teen Jobs (25 occurrences) [help]

   ... y_Highlights_Dangers_In_Teen_Jobs.aspx'></link><link rel='self' type='ap ... ^
   In addition, this feed has an issue that may cause problems for some users. We recommend fixing this issue.

   line 1, column 643: Self reference doesn't match document location [help]

   ... ogger.com/feeds/10427453/posts/default'></link><link rel='http://schemas ...

   Posted 18 years ago #

3. admin
   Key Master

   Blogger / Google are aware of this bug, and it's a problem at their end:

   http://www.petercooper.co.uk/blogger-outputting-bad-atom-feeds-with-invalid-mime-types-38.html

   It will cease to be an issue in a few days' time even if they don't fix it, as we're switching our parser to a newer one backported from Feed Digest 2007 that doesn't stall on broken feeds.

   Posted 18 years ago #

4. admin
   Key Master

   There is one temporary fix that works in SOME situations. That is to force output of an RSS feed rather than an Atom one. I believe the RSS feeds are okay, but the Atom feeds are broken. There is something you can add to the end of some Blogger URLs to change this, but I don't know off of the top of my head what it is.

   Posted 18 years ago #

5. efp3efp3
   Member

   The text to add to the Blogger URL is: &alt=rss I was using the standard blogspot feed URL and an update of my Feeddigest feed was ~4 days late. So I added an additional input feed with the extended Blogspot URL and it worked immediately. Here's my before and after URLs, and here's the published location. Eric
   BEFORE: http://canberrajazz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
   AFTER: http://canberrajazz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
   APPEARS IN THE CENTRAL COLUMN AT: http://canberrajazz.net/

   Posted 18 years ago #

6. usernomics
   Member

   Thanks everyone.

   I gather that if I just wait, the problem will go away in a few days? I am willing to wait if it is a short time.

   If not, where do you add the /default?alt=rss? In FeedDigest, FeedBurner, or Blogger.com? And do you just leave it there or do it each time you update?

   Thanks Again,

   Bob

   Posted 18 years ago #

7. admin
   Key Master

   It depends what your feed URL is. You'd add the new feed to your digest and delete the old one.

   What is your feed URL? It may or may not be compatible with this idea.

   The parser switch should occur at some point in the next 48 hours all being well.

   Posted 18 years ago #

8. usernomics
   Member

   My feed URL runs through FeedBurner at: http://feeds.usernomics.com/NewsErgonomicsUserInterfaceDesignComputerHumanInteractionhci .

   The URL used in FeedDigest points to the XML on my site at http://www.usernomics.com/news/user-interface-design-news.xml .

   Does that work?

   Thanks,

   Bob

   Posted 18 years ago #

9. admin
   Key Master

   Ah, I don't know if you can do it with remote published Blogger feeds.

   However.. did you try using your FeedBurner feed instead? Other users have reported that this is another good workaround, as FeedBurner 'cleans up' the feed.

   Posted 18 years ago #

10. admin
    Key Master

    We are now on the new system. You should notice improvements even with invalid feeds now.

    Posted 18 years ago #

11. usernomics
    Member

    Great. I don't see an update yet but I will give it until tomorrow. Hopefully it will catch up.

    Bob

    Posted 18 years ago #

12. usernomics
    Member

    Thank you for all the help. My feeds are updating perfectly now. Much appreciated

    Bob

    Posted 18 years ago #

13. admin
    Key Master

    Superb! Always good to hear good news :) I'm going to lock this topic now, but in case of future questions, just start another thread :)

    Posted 18 years ago #

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