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I am using exp:encode tag to encode both my titles and contents for the RSS and ATOM feeds, and i notice that certains characters are not displayed properly.

For example,

This is a feed & a test

becomes

This is a feed & a test

how do i fix this? also, when should i be using glossary tags like:

& lt; & gt; ©

instead of just the regular characters (typed in using ALT+number)?

Well, that is correctly, turning an ampersand into its entity makes it validate.  Why is this a problem for you? I’m not quite following what the issue is.

As Lisa said, this (one of) the point(s) of using {exp:encode} in the first place.

oh, i see,

what i use the built-in feed readers in IE or Firefox, i thought something is wrong when i see “& amp;” instead of the “&” sign.

Those should be converting the entities to their appropriate representation.  Do you have a link to the feed?

ok, i have discovered why that is the case,

right now, i am using

<title>{exp:xml_encode}{title}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>

when i review the actual code for the page, i am getting,

<title>This is a blog &amp; test</title>

there is a double amp;. how do i fix this?

Ah, yes. You don’t want to ues that plugin in the title element of your page, only in the content area.

huh, lisa?

i am following the EEDoc here:

http://expressionengine.com/templates/source/category/feeds/

can you clarify what do mean? what code should i use then for title? if i don’t use the xml_encode tag, what problem with non-standard characters may i expect in the translation?

Ah, my apologies.  I lost track for a second there and thought we were on an HTML page.

What is the actual title for the particular entry in question?

the feed i am developing is an internal site, so i cannot give you an URL to see yet without publishing publicly.

i removed the xml_encode tag, and it solved the problem. what options in EE can i go to check on this? perhaps i am encoding it wrongly. my EE system is set to use UTF-8.

Well, can you tell me the title? I’m curious what the source is, to see if we can spot a problem there. Also, can you paste your entire template?

lisa,

the title is Travel & Adventure

here is part of the code (i will remove it after you are done with it):

{assign_variable:master_weblog_name="blog1"}
{exp:rss:feed weblog="{master_weblog_name}"}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="{encoding}"?>
<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/">

    <channel>
    
    <title>{exp:xml_encode}{site_name}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
    <link>{weblog_url}</link>
    <description>Test</description>
    <dc:language>{weblog_language}</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>{site_name}</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"}</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>{gmt_date format="%Y-%m-
T;%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
    <admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.adventureclassicgaming.com/" >
    
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" limit="15" rdf="off" dynamic_start="on" disable="member_data|pagination|trackbacks"}
    <item>
      <title>{title}</title>
      <link>{exp:xml_encode}{permalink=site/blog}{/exp:xml_encode}</link>
      <description><![CDATA[{exp:trunchtml chars="400" inline="…"}{body}{/exp:trunchtml}]]></description>
      <dc:subject>{exp:xml_encode}{categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories}{/exp:xml_encode}</dc:subject>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[{exp:trunchtml chars="400" inline="…"}{body}{/exp:trunchtml}]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:date>{gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-
T;%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
    </item>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
    
    </channel>
</rss>

{/exp:rss:feed}

you will see that for now i remove the xml_encode from the title, which otherwise will recreate the problem.

Is it just me, or are you missing the opening exp:rss:feed tag?

If you use just the plain, default RSS template, does the same problem occur?

my bad, i did not copy the first two lines.

i have edited my code above. the exp:rss is there.

[new info]
i tested it with the default EE RSS templates, changing only the weblog name and variable i used, and the amp sign still is a problem.

Were you able to test this with a purely default template, with just your short-name changed?  Also, what version and build of EE are you on?