Exactly how do I force_feed an RSS feed into the widget

  • W3JOY

    (@w3joy)


    11 years, 7 months ago

    Hello!

    I just migrated from wordpress.com. I have an RSS feed from a community podcast. It went into wordpress.com widget, easy as.

    Now, if you look at http://www.w3joy.org/ (top right widget), you will see that I get this message:

    RSS Error: A feed could not be found at http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=330. A feed with an invalid mime type may fall victim to this error, or SimplePie was unable to auto-discover it.. Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed.

    I have validated the feed–it works, although it gave this message :

    This feed is valid, but interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.

    Feeds should not be served with the “application/xhtml+xml” media type [help]

    sorry to sound like a rookie, but can someone walk me through (EXACTLY) how to “use force_feed()” Child CSS (I have it set up)? Plugin? How can I get my feed running again?

    Cheers,
    Squirrel (co-host w3JOY)

    (I have tried searching the topics, forgive me if I repeat).

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    Feeds should not be served with the “application/xhtml+xml” media type

    I think this might be an issue on the server that is producing that feed. I can only suggest that get in touch with that site about it.

    Thread Starter W3JOY

    (@w3joy)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    But the feed works just fine in wordpress.com……and it’s running fine on the radio station’s main site…..? (I just checked it again)

    How do I try the “force_feed”? I’ve lowered the minutes to 30 (1800)…..but I just want the feed to work. It can be basic….

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    11 years, 7 months ago

    From what I recall, force_feed is already enabled by default in WordPress core. The message you are seeing shouldn’t really be shown and will be removed in future versions of WordPress.

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