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Support => English Support => Topic started by: JayH on October 13, 2010, 07:16:07 PM

Title: RSS Block Problem
Post by: JayH on October 13, 2010, 07:16:07 PM

SMF: 2.0 R3
SP: 2.3.2
Website: http://www.novahomebrew.com

I have been using a twitter feed block for about a week and noticed this evening it decided to go to the zoo.  It is showing an error on line 104 within the block itself.  I have left it active for all to look at.

The RSS feed I am trying to get is: http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com/mgorbsky/lists/nova-beer/statuses.rss

Here is a screenshot of the task log: http://screencast.com/t/VLPvZot5ReN
The error log is clear of anything (other than login errors)

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Title: Re: RSS Block Problem
Post by: AngelinaBelle on October 13, 2010, 08:43:29 PM

My guess is that the XML functions did not like some special character on line 104 of the feed.
This does not mean there is anything wrong with the feed.
 
The SMF functions that SimplePortal has been relying on to get the XML of the RSS feeds turn out not to be entirely suited to the task, and the devs are working on a different approach for the next version of SimplePortal.
 
Several users have reported similar problems (and others!) with the RSS block in the past several months. a quick search will turn up many RSS woes.
 
Apologies for the RSS frustrations, and for the inevitable delay in fixing them.