Title: RSS Trouble
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# RSS Trouble

 *  [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/)
 * Hey guys I’m having trouble with my RSS feed working. The “entries RSS” and “
   comments RSS” on the my sidebar, on the top, are from the original theme. [http://melbenson.com/blog/](http://melbenson.com/blog/)
 * When I click on either of them they do not work… I have no idea what the problem
   is. Any ideas? Thanks..

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 *  [hotkee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hotkee/)
 * (@hotkee)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-789859)
 * Seems to be an error in the XML, try Firefox not IE
 * Firefox shows this
 *     ```
       XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity
       Location: http://melbenson.com/blog/feed/
       Line Number 2, Column 1:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
       ^
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-789913)
 * Yup! I use Firefox. That’s what I get. But I have no idea where or how to fix
   this! 🙁
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-789916)
 * Is there an empty line at the start of any of your WordPress rss files? I don’t
   know which one it could be… **feed-rss2.php**?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-789923)
 * As iridiax notes, I’d check for empty lines in plugin files or wp-config.php (
   or even functions.php if your theme has one).
 * Make sure there are no spaces or returns before each file’s first `<?php` or 
   after the final `?>`.
 *  Thread Starter [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790137)
 * In my functions.php there are no lines above the <?php or after the closing one.
 * Do I have to go into my ftp to get the wp-config.php file? I can’t view or edit
   it in my theme editor in wordpress.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790139)
 * Yep.
 * If it looks OK, then on to the plugin files.
 * Another approach: Switch to Default theme. Disable ALL plugins. Check feed? Does
   it work right? If so, start looking at the plugin files.
 *  Thread Starter [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790200)
 * I went back to the default theme and deactivated the stats plug in. It was the
   only active one on…SAME THING!
 * UGH, any other ideas? Anything I can do to fix it or work around it by adding
   a different type of feed – feedburner? Please help! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790201)
 * [http://melbenson.com/blog/](http://melbenson.com/blog/) is the blog again..I
   left it on the default theme so anyone can check it to make sure it’s not just
   not working for me.
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790202)
 * Your feeds work for me when I click on their links in the footer.
 *  Thread Starter [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790203)
 * What browser/version are you using? IF you’re using Firefox 3 can you click the
   RSS icon in the URL address bar on the right?
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790204)
 * I’m using Firefox 2 for Mac, and the RSS icon in the address bar works as well.
 *  Thread Starter [melbenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melbenson/)
 * (@melbenson)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790205)
 * What? Weird.. I am using Firefox 3 and IE7 – when I click on the bottom RSS Entries
   link it gives me the parsing error but when I click on the RSS comments link 
   it works.
 * Is it working for other people?
 *  [JoeSpirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joespirit/)
 * (@joespirit)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790207)
 * My RSS doesn’t work either. I’ve tried deactivating the plugins and using the
   default theme.
 * I’m using IE and when I try the link in the address bar I get, “Internet Explorer
   does not support feeds with DTDs.”
 * When I try the footer link I get, “404 Error – Not Found
    The resource you have
   requested could not be found on the server. There are many possible reasons for
   this. Either the file does not exist, there is an error in your request, or the
   file is not accessible in the requested directory. Please verify that:
 * You have used the proper case; requests ARE case-sensitive!
    You have entered
   the URL correctly. (i.e. proper directory/filename) You used the FULL URL. (i.
   e. proper file type: .html, .gif , .jpg, etc.) You use a tilde (~) before user
   directories. (i.e. [http://www.furcen.org/~jurann/](http://www.furcen.org/~jurann/))
   The user/file still exists on this server. “
 * Both footer links give me the same error.
 * I’ve gone through my wp-config and rss files to get rid of blank lines with no
   luck.
 * Any ideas?
 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790208)
 * melbenson: Disable all plugins or addons that affect feeds like TrackBack Module
   for RSS (I see evidence of this one from madskills.com in your code).
 * JoeSpirit: Without a link I can’t tell, but you may be having permalinks problems.
 *  [JoeSpirit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joespirit/)
 * (@joespirit)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss-trouble-1/#post-790209)
 * My blog site is [http://www.radiocontroltoysblog.com](http://www.radiocontroltoysblog.com)

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