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Hi Esmi – thanks so much for your help! Problem solved! 🙂 You’re awesome!

I’ve solved the problem in the following way:
1. I noticed the 404 error message looked strange – it was a default error page from my hosting company.
2. I googled ‘typical wordpress directory files’
3. I compared what I had in my webroot folder (where my wordpress was installed) to the typical wordpress list.
4. I deleted the problematic files ‘rss.html’ and all other non-wordpress essential files that my hosting site had in my webroot.
5. THE FEEDS NOW WORK!

Lesson learnt: stick to WordPress basics – and it shall work!

Here it is (sorry I wasn’t sure what was relevant so I’ve copied the whole thing :P)

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

# BEGIN wtwp_cache
<IfModule mod_mime.c>

	# Text
	AddType text/css .css
	AddType application/x-javascript .js
	AddType text/html .html .htm
	AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx
	AddType text/plain .txt
	AddType text/xml .xml

	# Image
	AddType image/gif .gif
	AddType image/x-icon .ico
	AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe
	AddType image/png .png
	AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz

	# Video
	AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx
	AddType video/avi .avi
	AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt
	AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v
	AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe

	# PDF
	AddType application/pdf .pdf

	# Flash
	AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf

	# Font
	AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc
	AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
	AddType application/x-font-otf .otf

	# Audio
	AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a
	AddType audio/ogg .ogg
	AddType audio/wav .wav
	AddType audio/wma .wma

	# Zip/Tar
	AddType application/x-tar .tar
	AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip
	AddType application/zip .zip
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive On

	# Text
	ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
	ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000
	ExpiresByType text/html A3600
	ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600
	ExpiresByType text/plain A3600
	ExpiresByType text/xml A3600

	# Image
	ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000
	ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000
	ExpiresByType image/png A31536000
	ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A31536000

	# Video
	ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000
	ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000
	ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000
	ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000
	ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000

	# PDF
	ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000

	# Flash
	ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000

	# Font
	ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000
	ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000
	ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000

	# Audio
	ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000
	ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000
	ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000
	ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000

	# Zip/Tar
	ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000
	ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000
	ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000
</IfModule>
<FilesMatch "\.(?i:css|js|htm|html|rtf|rtx|txt|xml|gif|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|png|svg|svgz|asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|mov|qt|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|pdf|swf|ttf|ttc|eot|otf|mp3|m4a|ogg|wav|wma|tar|gz|gzip|zip)$">
	<IfModule mod_headers.c>
		Header set Pragma "public"
		Header append Cache-Control "public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate"
		Header unset ETag
	</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch "\.(?i:css|js|gif|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|png|pdf|swf|ttf|ttc|eot|otf)$">
    <IfModule mod_headers.c>
		Header unset Set-Cookie
	</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
# END wtwp_cache

# BEGIN wtwp_security
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine On
	RewriteBase /
	RewriteRule ^wp-admin/includes/ - [F,L]
	RewriteRule !^wp-includes/ - [S=3]
	RewriteRule ^wp-includes/[^/]+\.php$ - [F,L]
	RewriteRule ^wp-includes/js/tinymce/langs/.+\.php - [F,L]
	RewriteRule ^wp-includes/theme-compat/ - [F,L]
</IfModule>
<Files "wp-config.php">
	Order allow,deny
	Deny from all
</Files>
Options -Indexes
# END wtwp_security

Sure – I’ve reverted now to the default structure and now rss works well [there is a rss box to the right].