My b2evolution Version: Not Entered
I am running version 2.4.7, and have been trying to establish my blog. I went to Facebook because of the blognetworks application there. Unfortunately, I get an error that says that although I have a valid RSS feed set up, I am missing an "atom:link". The problem is, I have no idea where to go to address this issue.
Can someone please let me know where to fix this 'error'? I've tried to capture pertinent details, as shown below. Thank you, and I'll be glad to answer more questions. I'm just not sure what all is needed.
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I see the error here:
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http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/the_online_writers_blog/
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the above page contains this warning:
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Blog Feed
Error pulling feed. We tried pulling this feed URL:
http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php?blog=2&tempskin=_rss2
and we got this error:
XML error: Undeclared entity warning at line 260, column 8
Click here for help
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this send me to:
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http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/help_feed.php?blogid=266134
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which tells me:
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Feed problem: Right feed URL? http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php?blog=2&tempskin=_rss2
Item 3: Detailed validation report
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the report says:
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FEED Validator
for Atom and RSS and KML
Congratulations!
[Valid RSS] This is a valid RSS feed.
Recommendations
This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the
following recommendations.
*
line 302, column 3: Missing atom:link with rel="self" [help]
</channel>
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Source: http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php?blog=2&tempskin=_rss2
1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><!-- generator="b2evolution/2.4.7" -->
2. <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 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/">
3. <channel>
4. <title>the Online Writer's Blog</title>
5. <link>http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php?blog=2</link>
6. <description>the Online Writer's Blog</description>
292 <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="image_block"><img
src="http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/media/blogs/comm/longshort.jpg" alt="Extremes" title="Extremes" width="475" height="773"
/></div>
293 <pre></pre>
294 <p><strong>T</strong>here's always someone taller,<br />
295 <strong>A</strong>nd always someone shorter, but<br />
296 <strong>L</strong>ook, when extremes meet, that <br />
297 <strong>L</strong>oop has come full circle.<br />
298 John B. Moss<br />
299 4 September 2009</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/04/the-
long-and-short-of-it?blog=2">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>]]
></content:encoded>
300 <comments>http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php/2009/09/04/the-long-and-short-of-it?blog=2#comments</comments>
301 </item>
302 </channel>
303 </rss>
304
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looking for additional help on this error, I get:
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FEED Validator
for Atom and RSS and KML
Message
Missing atom:link with rel="self"
Explanation
According to the RSS Advisory Board's Best Practices Profile, identifying a feed's URL within the feed makes it more
portable, self-contained, and easier to cache. For these reasons, a feed should contain an atom:link used for this purpose.
Solution
If you haven't already done so, declare the Atom namespace at the top of your feed, thus:
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
Then insert a atom:link to your feed in the channel section. Below is an example to get you started. Be sure to replace the
value of the href attribute with the URL of your feed.
<atom:link href="http://dallas.example.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
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That's it! What does it mean? ???
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See if this URL works better
http://www.theonlinewriter.com/blog/index.php?blog=2&tempskin=_atom