[Web4lib] feed2js problem

[Ken Varnum]

I think the main problem is that the feed doesn't validate:
http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fservic
es%2Fxml%2Frss%2Fnyt%2FHomePage.xml

There are hard returns after the URL before the </link> tag -- and Feed2JS
is very sensitive to that sort of thing.  (It also doesn't like
out-of-character-set characters, either -- so if you're setting up a feed
with the intent to use Feed2JS, make sure to declare the character set
properly and stick to it.)



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Ken Varnum
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> From: "McDonald, Brian" <BMCDONALD at hws.edu>
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 11:37:08 -0400
> To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Conversation: feed2js problem
> Subject: [Web4lib] feed2js problem
> 
> Hi folks--
> 
> I've just noticed in the last couple days that the New York Times
> headlines feed on our library's home page
> (http://academic.hws.edu/library/) has disappeared.  We use
> http://feed2js.org to convert the XML feed to JavaScript to embed it in
> the page.  The two oddities, to me, are:
> 
> - The feed is obviously still there; the URL hasn't changed, and you can
> even go to the linked feed2js page
> (http://feed2js.org//feed2js.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fserv
> ices%2Fxml%2Frss%2Fnyt%2FHomePage.xml&amp;num=2&amp;date=n) and see that
> it's pulling the content from NYT just fine.
> - Our Chronicle of Higher Education feed, just below it, is set up
> exactly the same way and is working just fine.
> 
> Obviously I'm missing something.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian McDonald
> Electronic Services Librarian
> Warren Hunting Smith Library
> Hobart & William Smith Colleges
> Geneva, NY 14456
> (315) 781-4355
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