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1. john_roberts
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   http://feeds.feedburner.com/Clock is my feed URL of 2+ years.

   My WordPress blog is http://www.pencoyd.com/clock

   The feed is "valid" but doesn't have any posts, which I never noticed,
   but a reader commented last week that my feed appears empty since
   "April" -- I upgraded from WP 2.3.3 to WP 2.5.1 at beginning of May,
   continuing to use FeedSmith plugin 2.3.1.

   I've read the FeedSmith plugin info carefully (http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/
   answer.py?answer=78483&topic=13252) and I've checked my .htaccess file
   -- nothing problematic, that I can see. (Pasted below, just in case.)

   Any other tips/thoughts? I'm lost at this point.

   Related side note: I also don't understand _where_ (which URL) FeedBurner actually uses to pick up the feed, since http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/wp-rss2.php
   redirects to http://feeds.feedburner.com/Clock correctly.

   Thanks,
   John

   (the .htaccess file in the /clock directory)

   # BEGIN WordPress
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /clock/
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule . /clock/index.php [L]
   </IfModule>
   # END WordPress

2. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   The feed URL that you should be giving to feedburner is this one:
   http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/feed/

   The wp-rss2.php stuff is old and deprecated. Do not use it. Ever. It makes things not work, as you have noticed.

   Also, note that it redirects for you, but not for the FeedBurner reader. That's sort of the whole point.

   As far as solving problems with your feed, first, disable FeedSmith and restart your browser. Then pull up your actual feed (link I gave above) and diagnose any problems with it. Once you're sure that it is good, then activate FeedSmith and diagnose using FeedBurner. The idea is that FeedBurner gets your feed, modifies it, and republishes it. Fixing problems means understanding that fact. You can't look at the end result and figure things out, you have to look at the whole process.

3. john_roberts
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Bing! That did it. Guess I missed the deprecation along the way. Thank you, Otto.

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