WP 2.3.1, FeedBurner, and GoDaddy: Bad RSS Feed

Site URL: https://kestrelsaerie.us

I have a successful feed at https://oops-hq.us/aerie so I know how to install WP and how to use FeedBurner.

I’ve been trying to create this feed for 3 days now. I’ve reinitialized my database at GoDaddy at least a half-dozen times. Each time, I have reinstalled WordPress 2.3.1 from scratch. Obviously, the DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_HOST and DB_PASSWORD are all correct.

When I try to create the feed, I get the following:

Sorry

This feed does not validate.

*

line 1, column 1: Blank line before XML declaration [help]

^

*

line 35, column 1: XML parsing error: <unknown>:35:1: not well-formed (invalid token) [help]

</object></layer></table></body></html><adsok>
^

In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations.

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Feeds should not be served with the “text/html” media type [help]

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line 33, column 1: Missing atom:link with rel=”self” [help]

</channel>
^

Source: https://kestrelsaerie.us/?feed=rss2

First question: WHAT FILE is this reporting (and WHY doesn’t it say so anywhere on the page?). I’ve looked at approximately 40 different files trying to find the syntax described so I can correct it, and I simply don’t see it.

To emphasize: I’ve looked at the following with no effect (and there are no active plugins; this is with both the Default theme and the Munch-1.0 theme):

Solution

* Check your wp-rss2.php and wp-atom.php files for blank lines outside of bracketed sections.
* Check your wp-config.php file for blank lines outside of bracketed sections.
* Check your theme’s functions.php file for blank lines outside of bracketed sections.

Second question: WHY is the problem occurring in the first place? Is WordPress 2.3.1 incompatible with FeedBurner? Does it have a problem with the feed being in the root of the site?

I’m really getting quite frustrated with this, and I’ll be very thankful for any insight.