When I validate my RSS-feed, I ususally get 3 errors: 1) Your feed appears to be encoded as "UTF-8", but your server is reporting "US-ASCII" 2) Implausible date: Mon, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0500 <lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0500</lastBuildDate> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:00 -0500</pubDate> 3) Missing atom:link with rel="self" </channel> I really do not understand why I'm getting the errors 1 + 3 Then on error 2: I set the time a little earlier then when I'm uploading my new RSS. Example: It's 4.10PM EST, so I set the line for example to 16.05 -0500 Then do the validation and the error occurs. When I set the -0500 to -0400, it validates, however when I check it in a news-reader (Yahoo + Opera borwser's integrated reader), the time with -0500 shows correct, while if I set it to -0400 is show an hour ago! Anyone willing to help me out on these issues? Here's the code of my latest rss from http://www.worldofrugs.com/Rss/News.xml ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='rssmakeup.xsl' version='1.0'?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>World of Rugs & Furniture News</title> <description>Stay updated with the latest news about World of Rugs & Furniture.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp</link> <category domain="www.worldofrugs.com">News</category> <copyright>World of Rugs & Furniture</copyright> <language>en-us</language> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:04:00 -0500</lastBuildDate> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:04:00 -0500</pubDate> <item> <title>New Shipment of Hand-Knotted Oushak rugs (09-02-09)</title> <description>A new shipment of Hand Knotted Oushak rugs has arrived at our local store! Follow the link to see our latest shipment...</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#09012009</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#09012009</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:04:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>New Shipment - II (08-27-09)</title> <description>A new shipment of Rattan Chairs and High-Back Cane Chairs has freshly arrived. Follow the link to see our shipment...</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=244</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=244</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:05:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>New Shipment (08-21-09)</title> <description>A new shipment of standard sizes of Sisal and Seagrass has freshly arrived! Follow the link to read more...</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#08212009</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#08212009</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:45:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Colors of India - DVD (08-13-09)</title> <description>Have you already seen our videos about how rugs are made? We now have an excellent DVD that shows the complete process! Follow the link to read more...</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=11163</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=11163</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:40:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Antique rugs are added to our store (07-31-09)</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture has added 90 antique area rugs to the online store. While more antique's will be added soon, a true antique lover sure will like these rugs! Follow the link to see them online.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=194</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=194</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:05:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Another 350 products were added to our furniture section (07-20-09)</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture continues to add more products to the website. Today we have added 350 more furniture pieces to our site. Follow the news link to see the new products.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#072009</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#072009</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:25:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>New weekly SPECIALS are posted! (07-13-09)</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture has added the new weekly specials. Follow the news link to see the new specials.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/Specials.asp</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/Specials.asp</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:10:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>World of Rugs & Furniture has added over 400 products!</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture has added over 400 products to our furniture section. [Read more on our News page...]</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#062509</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#062509</guid> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:10:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>World of Rugs & Furniture now has an online shop!</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture has changed it's website! You were already able to browse many of our products, but now you can also purchase them online...(read more online)</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Shop</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Shop</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:20:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Up to 80% OFF with our famous Tent-Sale!</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture is holding it's famous Ten-Sale. Benefit from the huge savings up to 80% OFF! The event will start May 16, 2008. For more details, please visit our website.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Tentsale09</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Tentsale09</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 13:23:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>50% OFF Stanley Furniture</title> <description>World of Rugs & Furniture is inviting you to our New and Improved, 80.000 sq. ft. showroom. With this invitation you will recieve 1/2 OFF all Stanley Furniture. The event will be from March 18 - 31, 2008. For more details, please visit our website.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Stanley</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Stanley</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:20:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Persian rug sells for record $4.45 million at auction</title> <description>PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A silk Persian rug dating from the 16th century or 17th century has sold for a record $4.45 million at auction, or about $729.87 per square inch. Read more about this rug and see a picture...</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#DYN</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#DYN</guid> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:10:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Our Monthly Specials now include furniture and accessories!</title> <description>As our regular site visitors might know, we have new specials each month. This was limited to great deals on area rugs, but as of now, we have included great deals on furniture and accessories! Remember, as usual from these specials there's only one item left, so gone = gone.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Special0227</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Special0227</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:30:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>World of Rugs and Furniture has moved!</title> <description>... along with thousands of pieces of furniture and accessories. World of Rugs and Furniture has moved! For more than five years, we have continued to grow at an unprecedented rate. Our showroom has almost doubled in size, from 33,000 square feet, to 55,000 square feet. Our new address is: 1530 Ellsworth Industrial Drive in Atlanta GA. We're looking forward to see you in our new home!</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Moved</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Moved</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>More than 12,000 hand-knotted rugs are gone!</title> <description>... along with thousands of pieces of furniture, accessories. World of Rugs and Furniture is moving. For more than five years, this leading rug, carpet and hardwood merchant continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, almost doubling in size, from 33,000 square feet, to 55,000 square feet. The new address of World of Rugs and Furniture will be: 1530 Ellsworth Industrial Drive in Atlanta GA. Read more about this move on our website.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#RugsGone</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#RugsGone</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:10:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>World of Rugs and Furniture hosts Children's Boutique Clearance Sale benefiting Charity</title> <description>World of Rugs and Furniture is hosting the highly successful Children's Boutique Clearance Sale. This Children's event will give a portion of it's entrance fee to CARE. Local event organizer Susan Wimberly has again collaborated with top children's boutiques in the Atlanta area to host their 5th Children’s Boutique Clearance Sale. Read more about this charity on our website.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#ChildCharity</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#ChildCharity</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:10:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Candice Olson and Martha Stewart come to Atlanta</title> <description>World of Rugs and Furniture the premier provider of fine rugs and carpets has been selected as the exclusive distributor for Candice Olson and Martha Stewart rugs and carpet in Georgia. Read more about this article on our website.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#OlsonStewart</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#OlsonStewart</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:10:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Merida Meridan Inc collection added</title> <description>We have added the Merida area rug collection to our brand name rugs section. Browse the Merida collection to find Sisal, Seagrass, Hemp, Paper and Jute rugs in custom sizes to fit your needs.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Merida</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Merida</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:06:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Gala Auction December 8th and 9th</title> <description>We are moving and are overstocked. Therefore World of Rugs is having an once-in-a-life-time opportunity auction! Enjoy fabulous food and world famous auctioneer and entertainers Michael Abdulla and Son, while we auction the finest selection area rugs and furniture collections. Reserve your chair and enjoy an exciting evening of fantastic bargins, food and fun.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Auction</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Auction</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:37:00 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Cleaning tips for your area rug</title> <description>Many user have requested that we would place some cleaning tips on our website to prevent accidental spills from getting worse. See what you can do in those situations, to prevent your rug from staining and smelling.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#RugCleaningTips</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#RugCleaningTips</guid> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:26:40 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Name changed official!</title> <description>Our name World of Rugs and Carpet is now officially changed to World of Rugs and Furniture. We will of course still carry our huge selection of carpet, but added a huge furniture selection to our store.</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#NameChange</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#NameChange</guid> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:31:40 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Moving Sale - Huge Savings!</title> <description>Save 20% on our already lowest prices!</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/moving/</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/moving/</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:40:40 -0500</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Have direct contact with World of Rugs & Furniture</title> <description>We now have online assistance! Check out our website for more details</description> <link>http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Chat</link> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.worldofrugs.com/shop/pc/News.asp#Chat</guid> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:40:40 -0500</pubDate> </item> </channel> </rss> Code (markup):
Which feed validator are you using? There's a couple different ones and they don't always say the same thing. Using feedvalidator.org, it passes but with warnings: http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http://www.worldofrugs.com/Rss/News.xml
I'm using http://feedvalidator.org/ It does say it's a valid RSS feed, but does give me those errors... While it is valid, I like to get rid of those errors
Try this for the charset problem: http://expressionengine.com/knowled..._to_be_encoded_as_utf_8_but_your_server_is_r/ What's producing this feed? What software or cms? How are you making it?
Thanks for your reply. The link you provided, gives some nice details but I'm afraid it does not apply to me. It describes using php or the .htaccess file. I'm on a windows & shared host, so do not have access to php and/or the .htaccess file However the article does point me in the direction that it might be something the host-server does. I will see what I can find out on this part. To answer your question: I do not have software that makes up the feed. I'm doing it manually (hard code?) and save it as the News.xml file. The source I showed, is exactly what I have. Nothing more, nothing less I however did got point 3 solved, by adding the line: <atom:link href="http://www.worldofrugs.com/Rss/News.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> and changed: <rss version="2.0"> to: <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> The only part I am still confused about is point 2. This one really bugs me Thanks again for your reply and help!
That's above me then as I'm not familiar with Windows servers. May want to contact your host to see if they can help or at least ask them to point you to a windows oriented hosting forum. Sorry I can't help more.
That's indeed what I am planning to do for point 1. All that remains is point 2: the time issue... Thanks for all the help theapparatus!