``` * The href’s are empty. That’s why those links are broken. Find where those href’s are generated in your template (probably at the bottom of header.php) and fix them there. * As for your original question, ‘rss2_url’ is a hardcoded parameter for the bloginfo() function. You can find other possible parameters here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/bloginfo](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/bloginfo) * Thread Starter [alternapop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternapop/) * (@alternapop) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523230) * this is the body portion. the href link isn’t empty. * ```

``` * the body portion uses the same function and points to the same variable. where is this variable coming from? * thanks! * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523233) * Put your code ALWAYS in between the “code” tags – you have it right above the input area… if you want anybody to take a look at it 🙂 * Thread Starter [alternapop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternapop/) * (@alternapop) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523236) * sorry about the code… fixed its display. the body href has the same function. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523241) * _where is this variable coming from?_ * Like I said before, it is *not* a variable. It’s a hard-coded parameter. One of many possible parameters. See here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/bloginfo](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/bloginfo) * Now, I also see that your link variable has a broken href too, as do your blog, contact, and links page tabs. * This suggests a broken permalink structure. Try rebuilding your permalinks and see if that helps. Options->Permalinks->Update Permalink Structure. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523242) * Now I see what you mean: for some reason the template tag `` is displaying an empty link both at the top and in your sidebar: `` * Try what Otto said about the permalinks. * Thread Starter [alternapop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternapop/) * (@alternapop) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523249) * changing permalinks to ‘default’ changes the link to a site that i visit but is otherwise not connected to me at all. ??? how in the hell could this be happening? * changing to any of the other options (numeric or date/name based) doesn’t fix it. * ? * thanks guys! * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523255) * _changing permalinks to ‘default’ changes the link to a site that i visit but is otherwise not connected to me at all. ??? how in the hell could this be happening?_ * There must be something very wrong with your whole setup. * [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/) * (@samboll) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523260) * Fixing some of this stuff might be useful. [http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternapop.com%2Findex.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternapop.com%2Findex.php&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&ss=1) Also why does your site have the index.php on the end of it? Is this the way it’s set up in admin -> Options? * Thread Starter [alternapop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternapop/) * (@alternapop) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523266) * thanks samboll… i did just see that i had a space in a new addition to the stylesheet that was causing some major hangups. i’ll look into the other stuff. * isn’t index.php supposed to be the default page? what else would it be? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523268) * Don’t ask back, just answer it 😉 A normal server does know that index is the default page. But in the Options (that samboll asked) you should NOT have index. php in the URI options, only addresses ending with folder names!!! * Thread Starter [alternapop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alternapop/) * (@alternapop) * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/#post-523269) * my URL under wordpress and blog (options) are set with this: * [http://alternapop.com](http://alternapop.com) * my index.html page redirects to index.php Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘rss2_url variable comes from?’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [RSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/rss/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 20 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * Last activity: [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rss2_url-variable-comes-from/page/2/#post-523291) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics