RSS Feed Broken & Dashboard Has Errors

  • BBombshell

    (@bbombshell)


    11 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    I am suddenly having two problem with my blog: http://www.brownbombshellbeauty.com

    The feed address I’m using is http://www.brownbombshellbeauty.com/feed

    First, my RSS feed is totally broken. I get this error message:

    “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.”

    I have no idea what this means or how to fix it. I have tried to view the feed on Safari (which my research tells me doesn’t do feeds) and Chrome.

    Second, my dashboard has suddenly posted this error message at the top of the page:

    “Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/bombshellbeauty/brownbombshellbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/handheld/handheld.php on line 510”

    This message appears twice. If someone could advise me on how to fix these issues I would be greatly appreciative. I don’t want my site to get wrecked and go down.

    Thanks in advance for your help!

    Amber

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    First, my RSS feed is totally broken. I get this error message:

    “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.”

    That’s entirely normal. An RSS feed is an XML data stream meant to be interpreted by a feed reader, like http://www.rssowl.org/ or https://newsblur.com/ , not a browser.

    Your feed is working just fine: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brownbombshellbeauty.com%2Ffeed%2F

    Second, my dashboard has suddenly posted this error message at the top of the page:

    “Warning: Creating default object from empty value in /home/bombshellbeauty/brownbombshellbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/handheld/handheld.php on line 510”

    Try deactivating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause. (it’s probably the Handheld plugin)

    Thread Starter BBombshell

    (@bbombshell)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    Thank you so much for your help! You were correct, the handheld plugin was causing the error message on the dashboard, so I deactivated.

    I’m still a little unclear on the RSS issue. I tried it on Explorer and it worked fine. I tried it on Chrome and I got the XML data stream you mentioned as being normal. So my question is, do RSS feeds only show up when they are being viewed on a RSS feed app/website like Feedly, etc? It’s been a while since I worked on my RSS feed, and now it all seems so foreign to me!

    Thanks again for your help!

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    11 years, 1 month ago

    I tried it on Explorer and it worked fine. I tried it on Chrome and I got the XML data stream you mentioned as being normal.

    Explorer has a built-in RSS feed Reader, Chrome does not.

    do RSS feeds only show up when they are being viewed on a RSS feed app/website like Feedly, etc?

    Correct, an RSS feed is an XML data stream meant to be interpreted by a feed reader.

    families411

    (@families411)

    10 years, 11 months ago

    Hi:
    This is the message I am getting from the feed validator, please help

    This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.
    line 11, column 8: title should not be blank [help]
    <title></title>

    https://families411.com/feed/

    Thank you.

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