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#1 / May 25, 2011 2:08pm

a la mode

168 posts

I have an RSS feed that I am struggling with for some reason. It is a simple blog feed. The blog contains two fields, an image, and a wygwam field for the content.

I’ve tried using html_strip and xml_encode with no luck…

Here is my RSS construct:

{assign_variable:master_weblog_name="blog_post"}
{exp:rss:feed weblog="{master_weblog_name}"}
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
        <channel>
            <title>workflowGeeks</title>
            <description>workflowGeeks Blog Feed</description>
            <link>http://www.workflowGeeks.com</link>
            <atom:link href="http://www.workflowgeeks.com/index.php/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" >
            {gmt_date format="%D, %d %M %Y %H:%i:%s CST"}</pubDate>
            {exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" limit="10" dynamic_start="on" disable="member_data|pagination"}
                <item>
                    <title>{title}</title>
                    <description>{exp:word_limit_plus if_exceeds="140" stop_after="130"}{wb_body}{/exp:word_limit_plus}</description>
                    <link>{title_permalink='site/view'}</link>
                    <guid>{title_permalink='site/view'}#When:{gmt_entry_date format="%H:%i:%sZ"}</guid>
                    {gmt_entry_date format="%D, %d %M %Y %H:%i:%s CST"}</pubDate>
                </item>
            {/exp:weblog:entries}
        </channel>
    </rss>
{/exp:rss:feed}

I keep getting the following on my feed:

<title>Big news: We’re showing DataCourier in today’s webinar</title>

See image for error screen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated…

#2 / May 25, 2011 3:54pm

a la mode

168 posts

Ok… I got this fixed and it validates perfectly now with:

{assign_variable:master_weblog_name="blog_post"}
{exp:rss:feed weblog="{master_weblog_name}"}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
    xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
    xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
    <channel>
        <atom:link href="http://www.workflowgeeks.com/index.php/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" >
        <title>{exp:xml_encode}workflowGeeks Blog{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
        <description>workflowGeeks Blog Feed</description>
        <link>http://www.workflowgeeks.com</link>
        <dc:rights>Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"}</dc:rights>
        <dc:date>{gmt_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
        <admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://expressionengine.com/" >
        {exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" limit="10" rdf="off" dynamic_start="on" disable="member_data|trackbacks"}
            <item>
                <title>{exp:xml_encode}{title}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
                <link>{title_permalink=site/view}</link>
                <guid>{title_permalink=site/view}#When:{gmt_entry_date format="%H:%i:%sZ"}</guid>
                <description>{exp:xml_encode}{wb_body}{/exp:xml_encode}</description>
                <dc:date>{gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
            </item>
        {/exp:weblog:entries}
    </channel>
</rss>
{/exp:rss:feed}

The problem I now face has to do with the links that feedburner is providing to the site.

The current link:

http://www.workflowgeeks.com/index.php/site/view/big_news_were_showing_datacourier_in_todays_webinar?/utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+workflowgeeks/kKUk+(WorkflowGeeks)#When:18:39:02Z

If I replace the red with “&” it is fine… (I am just not proficient in htaccess rewrites)

I need:

http://www.workflowgeeks.com/index.php/site/view/big_news_were_showing_datacourier_in_todays_webinar&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+workflowgeeks/kKUk+(WorkflowGeeks)#When:18:39:02Z

Any help is still greatly appreciated.

#3 / May 25, 2011 6:42pm

a la mode
168 posts

This fixed the issue for me in regards to the Feedburner links and invalid GET data. I didn’t even realize the “(” were there until I posted the last one. % 28 was hiding…lol

http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/135186/
#4 / May 25, 2011 8:38pm

Sue Crocker
26054 posts

Hi, Brian. Sounds like you’re OK..

Personal note: sounds like you’re OK personally too. 😊 I’m just glad our tornados didn’t do any real damage here in KC.

OK to close?
#5 / May 26, 2011 12:43pm

a la mode
168 posts

Sue,

Thanks for the check. We’re all good. We were about 4 miles away from the closest one in our area. Just lots of wind, rain, and hail. Typical Oklahoma storm. :roll:

Glad you guys are alright as well. Been a rough season thus far.

Good to close. 😉
#6 / May 26, 2011 6:59pm

Brandon Jones
5500 posts

Glad everyone’s alright. Thanks Brian and don’t hesitate to post again.

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