Hi, @3apools. I think this error is being caused by all the “Db debug cache info” that the W3 Total Cache plugin is outputting into the feed. (If you load this validator URL in your browser and scroll down to line 193, you’ll start to see some question marks highlighted in red, which are probably representing the offending characters.)
So, I would check for a setting in W3 Total Cache which disables that debug output (and you may also want to set it so as to not cache your RSS feed at all).
I have W3 set to not Cache feeds: site, categories, tags, comments. Not not sure if there is other settings in W3 I could not find any but I’m not sure.
I just deactivated W3 and the red highlight errors are gone but still does not validate.
Notice starting at line 179, W3TC is still caching the feed: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchickyscoop.com%2Ffeed%2F#l179
And the validation error is within the cache’s debug info, starting at line 193: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchickyscoop.com%2Ffeed%2F#l193
Screenshot, in case that changes after leaving this reply for any reason: http://d.pr/i/cP4q/3syA1vGg
Looks like i missed one check box in W3 under the data base setting its working now!
Thank you for help I wish you all a goodnight
