Feed & subscriptions

  • Hello,

    I have 2 problems and if anyone can help me with either I’d be very grateful.

    1. When I try to set my feed as https://mindfulnessman.com/feed/ I get this message when I click on the symbol on the site:

    XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
    Location: https://mindfulnessman.com/feed/
    Line Number 2, Column 1:<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
    ^
    I haven’t a clue how to fix it or even if the feed link I have put in is correct.

    2. I changed how my site shows up in the browser as it was showing with numbers as a prefix. But now my posts aren’t being mailed out to my subscribers. (this is through jetpack)
    Could this be because they are subscribed to the site address with the numbers prefix?

    I’m a total newbie so thank you very much for your help.

    Chris

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  • 1. The url is correct but something on your site is generating an error in the RSS feed. Can you replicate the problem using the default Twenty Fourteen theme with all plugins deactivated?

    2. Can you elaborate on exactly what you changed?

    Thread Starter chrism19

    (@chrism19)

    Thank you.
    1. I put https://mindfulnessman.com/feed/ in the feed and put a widget on 2014 theme so I could see it. I deactivated plugins but got this error:
    XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
    Location: https://mindfulnessman.com/feed/
    Line Number 2, Column 1:<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
    ^

    2. I’m not sure how best to describe what I did but I followed these instructions below from my host and it worked. I basically changed it so the url just said mindfulnessman.com and not 11.69.991.mindfulnessman.com (something like that.
    Here are the instructions I received:
    Right click wp-config.php and select Code Edit. You can now see the username and database.

    Next, log into your cPanel. Look for the Databases section.

    Select the icon named phpMyAdmin (looks like a sailboat.)

    Once here, you need to select the database name on the left. (i.e. “_wrd1”)

    This will display the names of the Tables to the right.

    Locate and select the Options table.

    Next, the database entries are listed in columns and rows. You want to select the pencil icon (for Edit) on the left for line 1 (option_name is “site url”)

    Once you’ve clicked the pencil icon, you will see your domain name listed something like this:

    https://example.com/

    You want to change that to the URL You wish to use

    This step is crucial so you don’t make a mistake. Please take a moment to verify the URL you are typing in here is correct, or you won’t see any change.

    Once you’ve changed the URL, down at the bottom there is a “Go” button. Select the “Go” button.

    Select the Next button to go to the next page

    Look for the option_name home

    phpMyAdmin Home

    Select the pencil icon Pencil to Edit.

    Make the same URL change here as you did for siteurl earlier. And click the “Go” button.

    Thanks for the help.

    1. Try re-uploading all files & folders – except the root wp-config.php & .htaccess files and the the wp-content folder – from a fresh download of WordPress. Make sure that you delete the old copies of files & folder before uploading the new ones.

    2. The instructions from your hosts were correct but it could well be that new url was not updated for existing Jetpack subscriptions. Try asking Jetpack support about this via https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/jetpack

    Thread Starter chrism19

    (@chrism19)

    1. Thanks, I have no idea how or where to do this. Is there anywhere you can point me for help please?

    2. Thanks, I’ve contacted jetpack.

    You will need to use FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.

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