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I have an RSS feed which I have parsed (burnt) with Feedburner. The feed is fully functional, except that every once in a while when I visit the feed in Feedburner, I get an “XML Parsing Error” (see attached).

To fix this, I log into my Google Feedburner account, click “Edit Fee Details…” > “Save Feed Details” (I don’t even make any changes, just click save). By doing this, the feed starts working again… for about 5 or 10 minutes, then I get the “XML Parsing Error” again.

Is there an issue with the RSS feed itself? Or, is this an issue with Feedburner?

(Since I have moved my feed to Feedburner after Google took ownership of Feedburner, I have had all sorts of issues with my RSS feed. Google does good quality work, except for Feedburner.)

I’m using EE v2.1.0, Build: 20100810, and here’s my RSS feed code:

{exp:rss:feed channel="blog"}

<?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}{channel_name}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
    <link>{channel_url}</link>
    <description>{channel_description}</description>
    <dc:language>{channel_language}</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>{email}</dc:creator>
    <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:channel:entries channel="blog" limit="10" dynamic_start="no" show_future_entries="no" status="open|not moderation|not closed"}
    <item>
      <title>{exp:xml_encode}{title}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
      <link>{channel_url}</link>
      <guid>{channel_url}</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{exp:imgsizer:size src="{blog_main_img}" width="206" height="162" alt="{title}" title=""}{body}
]]></description> 
      <dc:subject>{exp:xml_encode}{categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories}{/exp:xml_encode}</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>{gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
    </item>
{/exp:channel:entries}
    
    </channel>
</rss>

{/exp:rss:feed}

Do you’ve got a link to the feed?

http://feeds.feedburner.com/baneydesign/Ridh

I’m thankful it does work now, but sometimes it doesn’t (as stated above).

Panhead, what I’d do is double check that the EE version of your feed is still working as expected. If it is, then it’s an issue with Feedburner.

Hi Sue. The feed on my site works, but only sometimes on Feedburner. I may have to give up using Feedburner. When I post in the Feedburner discussion groups, no one ever answers. Google’s useless when it comes to communicating with people who use their services (I guess that’s what happens when the services are free).

Do you know if there is a way to track the number of subscribers to an RSS/Atom feed in EE?

Panhead,

As Sue says it really looks like an issue Feedburner end. I have run into that issue regarding responses in the Feedburner groups before. Frustrating.

Do you know if there is a way to track the number of subscribers to an RSS/Atom feed in EE?

I don’t believe there is a way to do this unfortunately

Do you know if there is a way to track the number of subscribers to an RSS/Atom feed in EE?

I’ll put in a feature request. Thanks!

Sounds good. Don’t hesitate to post again as needed.