That’s entirely normal. An RSS feed is an XML data stream meant to be interpreted by an RSS reader, like http://www.rssowl.org/ or http://newsblur.com/ and not meant to be viewed directly in a web browser.
That’s not how it shows in the demo they have or on my other site FoulBallz.com (same plugin, different site, different look). It doesn’t look that way on many other sites either.
And yes, every RSS feed looks like that, unless you have installed a browser extension to read feeds or you’re using Firefox, or the feed is proxied through a third-party like Feedburner.
Some reading material: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS
No. It doesn’t look like that. Check it out again:http://foulballz.com/blog/ down on side. No idea where you came up with that /feed at end, but the feed is clearly in the side.
Additionally, check out this feed: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/feed
Clearly not the same as what I have OR what the plug in shows.
So, as I was saying: It’s not looking like the other feeds I see. The others don’t have all the XML stuff of the message. They are clean.
Anyone else have any idea why I am getting the XML message about style??? It’s clear the others have “style”, but this one doesn’t.
Now the “style” message is gone and all we see is this type of stuff:
<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<rss version=”2.0″
xmlns:content=”http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/”
xmlns:wfw=”http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/”
xmlns:dc=”http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/”
xmlns:atom=”http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom”
xmlns:sy=”http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/”
xmlns:slash=”http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/”
xmlns:media=”http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/” >
<channel>
<title>Latest imported feed items on Demeter’s Crop</title>
<description></description>
DEFINITELY NOT what other RSS feeds look like….
Ideas?
The feed at the bottom of FoulBallz.com also looks nothing like this either, so it’s all very confusing. Not one RSS feed I can find shows all the code.
Even when I go to FoulBallz.com/feed it is in regular format. So, again, the DemetersCrop.com RSS is all jacked up. It does NOT look like the others.
Well, since you won’t believe, and won’t read the Wikipedia Article, I guess I’ll start with some evidence just so we can all be on the same page.
Here are some screenshots of feeds from your sites and three other prominent sites, taken from Chrome 39.0.2171.95 with no extensions active.
MLB: https://cloudup.com/i0DtzJRw3hq
Foul: https://cloudup.com/i7zzcaRUYLr
WordPress.org: https://cloudup.com/iOCi8vi-HFo
The Verge: https://cloudup.com/iOlOftDSTPQ
Quartz: https://cloudup.com/ivfupJ1wzvN
So, we’re on the same page now as how feeds are not meant to be displayed in browsers, and are instead meant to be used in RSS readers, yes? Good.
Now, moving on, here’s Demeter’s: https://cloudup.com/iuoyzjPgxRe
That’s a bit different, yes? That’s because the browser is recognizing it as plain text, not an RSS feed.
You have a few validation issues you’ll need to clean up: http://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdemeterscrop.com%2Ffeed%2Fwprss
/feed/wprss is not part of WordPress’s built-in feed system. What plugin are you using to specially generate this feed?
That message is normal, it actually means you have valid rss, I’m not sure what you are looking for.
I’m glad you finally saw the problem. Thank you!
You had been saying that they all looked exactly like the feed on DemetersCrop.com. Now you finally see the issue. Glad to know that. It’s clear the feeds AREN’T the same style.
Thank for finally getting the help to me. Not sure why it took so long to get here.
I don’t understand why it works on FoulBallz.com but not on DemetersCrop.com. Same plugin. Only difference is FoulBallz.com feed is shown in side bar and DemetersCrop.com is at top with button. Except when I type in /feed, then Demeter still looks lousy and FoulBallz is still fine.
Odd. I don’t get how I can do them one after the other and they end up being so different.
Well, at least you see the issue finally. But the answers still aren’t’ telling me WHY it’s fine on one site and not fine on the other, even when I do the /feed they are different.
Hopefully someone can finally help me understand how it got screwed up on one site, the site I did immediately after the other one…which is set up and shows correctly.
Anyone?
But the answers still aren’t’ telling me WHY it’s fine on one site and not fine on the other, even when I do the /feed they are different.
You could start by answering my question. I’ll post it again:
/feed/wprss is not part of WordPress’s built-in feed system. What plugin are you using to specially generate this feed?
I’m glad you finally saw the problem. Thank you!
You had been saying that they all looked exactly like the feed on DemetersCrop.com. Now you finally see the issue. Glad to know that. It’s clear the feeds AREN’T the same style.
Thank for finally getting the help to me. Not sure why it took so long to get here.
I don’t understand why it works on FoulBallz.com but not on DemetersCrop.com. Same plugin. Only difference is FoulBallz.com feed is shown in side bar and DemetersCrop.com is at top with button. Except when I type in /feed, then Demeter still looks lousy and FoulBallz is still fine.
Odd. I don’t get how I can do them one after the other and they end up being so different.
Well, at least you see the issue finally. But the answers still aren’t’ telling me WHY it’s fine on one site and not fine on the other, even when I do the /feed they are different.
Hopefully someone can finally help me understand how it got screwed up on one site, the site I did immediately after the other one…which is set up and shows correctly.
Anyone?
Ah, never mind, “wp rss aggregator” is a plugin, not just a general description.
Ok, I recommend asking at https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-rss-aggregator so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this.
I couldn’t find that support link when I searched the forums. I’ll do that. Thanks!
