If you got duplicate head, then you need to go back to your theme and make sure you do not have 2 head tags.
I am also having a similar problem. My RSS feed URL is http://jackhayward.host56.com/?feed=rss2 but when I click the link this error appears:
This page contains the following errors:
error on line 1 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document
error on line 1 at column 38: Encoding error
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
What can I do to fix this and make sure that RSS works properly?
JackHayward
your feed validated
you can click on the help link for clues beside each line number
remember, plugins usually cause trouble with feeds but not always.
Alos, your webhost’s insertion of it’s ad could be problematic
Here is a little FYI I just figured out that might help some people.
My site only has pages and no posts and if you dont have posts then your rss feed will show up page not found.
I use FeedSmith, it only worked with firefox 🙁 then I switched to FD feedburner it works fine now. Check here if you want to burn your RSS with Feedburner
Usually when this is seen, there is a separate file causing the extra “DOCTYPE”, i.e. a PHP included file that also has its own DOCTYPE. I cannot determine from what you posted if that is the case or not. BTW, it does not have to be in your header.php file. It can be anywhere. If you have PHP for posts/pages enabled by a plug in or whatever, you might be inadvertently including/requiring/curling a completely different file that has its own headers.
I have the same trouble , is it a thematic child theme ?
I am having the same trouble. I tried typing in http://www.onetakeonlife.com/feed and I get a domain not found page? I also tried the feed validator and it says it is a web page not a feed.
Any tips on how to fix this?
I am probably going to get bumped because of this but I need to ask
I dont have the same problem but maybe someone can help me.
I have verified that I have 5 people that subscribe to my blog but feedburner and any other trackers show ZERO subscribers. Can anyone help me?
I just had a site that had a problem with the feed and figured out the problem. I would start by turning off all your plugins and then turning them on again one by one – testing the feed link before turning the next one on. Sideposts Widget was causing a problem on the site I had.
An easy way to test the feed is at http://friendfeed.com/api/feedtest It does not tell you what is wrong but it is quick. FYI Sideposts widget was adding a second feedlink to the headers and causing it to break.
This is ridiculous. Several people have the same issue for a myriad of different reasons.
I have this issue on 7 blogs, troubleshooting every one of them individually for what, 5 different potential causes?
Gah
I’m having the same problem. RSS isn’t updating any aggragators for posts or comments since March 10th. My site is here: http://mariadkins.com The feed is http://mariadkins.com/feed … Even going through this long thread, I can’t figure out what the problem is.
I ran my feed link through FriendFeed and it told me this:
Feed URL: http://mariadkins.com/feed/
No SUP-ID found
so how do you fix that?!
http://www.onlinevideo.geneticgen.org/feed/
please help me..cannot burn it using feedburner…
I am having the same problem with my RSS feed. I am getting the following error: line 33, column 2: XML parsing error: <unknown>:33:24: unclosed CDATA section
<description><
