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Issue with Snowheads SmartFeed RSS URL and Request for Advice
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Dear snowHeads Community,

I’ve encountered an issue while trying to set up the SmartFeed RSS feed, and I’m hoping for some advice or guidance.

I like to use SmartFeed so I can read and make comments on posts in my favorite forums without visiting the snowHeads website.

The Snowheads SmartFeed configuration page can be found here: https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/smartfeed_url.php

- Has anyone else encountered similar problems? If so, how did you resolve it?
- Is there something I’m missing in configuring the SmartFeed?


The Problem:

When I use the SmartFeed URL generated for my account, I get an error instead of the expected RSS feed. Here is the URL I’m using:

https://snowHeads.com/ski-forum/rss.php?u=46318&p=s7yKt7iHt7k=&feed_type=RSS2.0&limit=LF&sort_by=standard&lv=1&fm=8&max_word_size=All

Error Details:

XML Parsing Error:

Line 1, Column 0: Undefined root element: <br>

Line 2, Column 0: Junk after document element.

Troubleshooting Steps

I tested in Multiple RSS Readers: Feedly and NetNewsWire, both of which returned similar errors.

Validated the feed using the W3C Feed Validator: https://validator.w3.org/feed/
Found that the feed contains HTML content (<br>) where XML is expected.


Suspected Causes

The errors suggest a potential issue with the server configuration:

Missing file: smartfeed_advertising.txt.

Inclusion of HTML tags: (<br>) in the XML output.


Suggestion for Admins

If this is indeed a server-side issue, I hope this report can help the admins identify and resolve the problem. The file permission errors and malformed XML seem to point to something that might need fixing in the backend.


Thank you for a great forum
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

@lars....., welcome to snowHeads! snowHead

Just two points. Firstly you've posted in the wrong part of the forum for technical issues, try Suggestions/Requests & forum techie questions: https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewforum.php?f=12

Secondly I'd suggest you change your username as using your email address you're likely to get spammed by bots scanning the internet. You can request a username change here: https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=98726


Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Mon 18-11-24 16:50; edited 1 time in total
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

@Alastair Pink, you need to edit your post to remove Lars email addy !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wink
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@albob, true, edited. Laughing
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Eh oh! Eh oh!
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Just use bolt.new or contour or GTP to do it for you.
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