Okay - I went with livewithrichard's RSS feed suggestion at beta.feedvalidator.org and when I plugged in my site, it said it was valid BUT....these 3 things came up - Do I fix those or click on the bottom line which says to create a new text link that they suggest? Or do I just do it anyhow with the 3 lines of text askew? I'm sorry - swimming head here! Must have been the knocks on the pavements running the dogs!
This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.
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Backpacking with your dog and having your DOG carry a backpa ... ^line 230, column 175: content:encoded contains bad characters (4 occurrences) [help]
... go!" /> Backpacking with your dog and having your DOG carry a backpa ... ^line 390, column 0: Missing atom:link with rel="self" [help]
If it says valid it can be used in most feed readers and website widgets etc. What the suggestion does is lets you improve it so it can be read by more feed readers.
I sometimes validate feeds but only If I create a custom feed my self. Whats the feed you are trying to validate ? If its a hub pages feed there isn't much you can do about it.
If it says valid I personally wouldn't worry about fixing the suggestions.
You only need to use the validator for sites other than hubs. All of your hubs have a valid RSS feed and you only need to place ?rss at the end of your hub's url. The ?rss at the end of your hub's url will make the url a valid RSS feed for that hub.
Thank you Richard - you must become my new guru - I will cook for you!
LOL thanks, I might take you up on that.
by WhydThatHappen 12 years ago
It would be a nice addition to have the RSS capsule come pre-loaded with our default feed address as an option. I always forget mine and have to navigate to my profile and back to the hub in progress to get the correct address. It would get rid of an inconvenience.Also, it would be nice to have a...
by Raymond D Choiniere 13 years ago
Hey Staff,Please get your moderation team on the same page. I am beginning to get PISSED OFF at their incompetence.Last time I checked, RSS Feeds are allowed to be ON hubs and must be relevant to the HUB.I am getting sick and tired of moderators telling me to DELETE specific links inside RSS Feeds,...
by Paula Andrea, MA 16 years ago
It seems as if I am the least knowledgeable person on the hub, but every time I try to place a link in the the RSS Feed Box, it shows message which says it is clearly not working. Please help me unlock one more "hubbing on the internet" secret. I send my gratitude in advance.
by Savio Koman 11 years ago
My subdomain graded by a RSS feed site - Feedage.com, shows a great grade. So, the question is can we place the grade on our subdomain, which I would have normally been able to do, if I had my own site? What is the take of more knowledgeable hubbers and HP staff on this?
by Cuttler 12 years ago
How do you use the hubpages rss feeds? and how does it help?
by oderog 14 years ago
When Submitting your RSS feed to directories which tag category is more recommended among (latest, best and hot) and probably why you recommend it.
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