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1. blazzinmatt
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   When I try to view either my regular RSS feed http://www.thelastpageonthenet.com/wordpress/feed/ or my comments RSS feed http://www.thelastpageonthenet.com/wordpress/comments/feed/ the page is completely blank with nothing on it. Does anyone know what could be causing this or how I could go about fixing it?

2. blazzinmatt
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Anyone? I have looked through all fixes and am not sure what is wrong with this thing.

3. Beel
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   No. The direct links work so maybe this will help...
   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/39542

4. blazzinmatt
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   I checked and there are no blank lines at the top, but that is the error I am getting. I don't know where it is coming from either.

5. macmanx
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Try de-activating all of your plugins, then check your feed at this link: http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http://www.thelastpageonthenet.com/wordpress/feed/

   If it works, then the problem is one of your plugins.

6. blazzinmatt
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Nope all plugins deactived and still get that same error.

7. Beel
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Might see what happens if you upload a fresh copy of the blog-header.

8. macmanx
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   [[Edit: If replacing wp-blog-header.php, as mentioned above, does not work:]]

   Download WordPress again and replace the /wordpress/index.php, /wordpress/wp-atom.php, /wordpress/wp-blog-header.php, /wordpress/wp-feed.php, /wordpress/wp-rdf.php, /wordpress/wp-rss.php, and /wordpress/wp-rss2.php files on your server with fresh ones from the download. If you have made any changes or hacks to those files, ave them in a plain text document, but do not apply them until you have confirmed that the feed is working or not.

9. Beel
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   macmanx, the problem is confusing because each of those files work when linked directly. There is something wrong with the redirect. The permalink does not work, neither does ?feed=rss2, but linking directly to wp-rss2.php does.

10. blazzinmatt
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    So how do I go about fixing the permalink?

11. macmanx
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Oh, now that's a yucky problem. You can try to reset permalinks from Options/Permalinks, but it doesn't like that will do any good. Here's what we're going to do if replacing wp-blog-header.php and/or resetting the permalinks does not work:

    1. Backup your WordPress installation.

    2. If you have made any changes or hacks to the core WordPress files, place them in a plain text document, but do not apply them until you have confirmed that the feed is working or not.

    3. Download WordPress again.

    4. Delete every WordPress file on your server except those inside /wp-content/.

    5. From the freshly downloaded copy of WordPress, upload every WordPress file to your server except for /wp-content/. Do not replace the copy of /wp-content/ that is currently on your server.

    6. Run /wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php from your web browser.

    7. With any luck, you feed should work properly now. If it still doesn't, then the problem is probably one of the plugins, or something deeper within your server.

12. blazzinmatt
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Is that the only fix for it? I just reinstalled a new version of WP cause my old one was corrupt.

13. macmanx
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Well, it may not be the only fix, but it pretty much is a cure-all. If it doesn't fix your installation, then the only thing left that could be causing the problem would be either one of your plugins or something deeper within your server.

14. blazzinmatt
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Well I disabled all my plugins so its not that, but it still says there is one blank line at the top.

15. macmanx
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    If that is the case, then you will find a blank line at the top or bottom of any one the core WordPress files. Which is why it's a good idea to just replace everything (except for /wp-content/).

16. blazzinmatt
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    I just reuploaded my whole root Wordpress folder and the feeds work correctly.

17. macmanx
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Excellent! I knew that would fix. ^_^

18. blazzinmatt
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    Thanks a lot. You really saved me a lot of time and hassle.

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