Re: [syndication] What is wrong with my RSS file?

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com>]

That's not an RSS file.  It almost looks like an RSS file but it's not
structured properly.  For an RSS-0.9x file you'd have to put the items 'inside'
the <channel> element.  For RSS-1.0 you could use your current structure but
there are other elements it's missing.

As far as the second error goes, you're using a smart quote and that's not legal
in the encoding of XML you're using.  You'd be better off NOT using smart
quotes.  They're generally more trouble than they're worth.

You can run it through the feed validator:  http://feeds.archive.org/validator/

http://feeds.archive.org/validator/check?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.high-search-engine
-ranking.com%2Fsenb.rss

Read up on various RSS-related tips at Syndic8.com in the Reference section:
http://www.syndic8.com/documents.php

In the mean time, take that RSS link off your page until you get it working.
You'll save yourself and others a lot of wasted bandwidth.

Hope this helps, if you need more detailed help contact me directly.

-Bill Kearney
Editor, Syndic8.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "webrank" <kalena@webrank.com.au>
To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 2:13 AM
Subject: [syndication] What is wrong with my RSS file?


> Hi everyone, I am new to RSS and a friend kindly helped me set one up
> for my search engine news blog. The file is here:
> http://www.high-search-engine-ranking.com/senb.rss
>
> But when I tried to register it on the Userland site, I received the
> following error:
>
> "There was a problem reading or parsing your XML file. Here's the
> error message. Poorly formed XML text, it must end with a </tag>. (At
> character #2673.)"
>
> Can anyone tell me how to fix this? I am not a programmer.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Kal