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  • Here’s how I resolved the error: I deleted the entire database, stipped all WordPress files off the server and did a complete reinstall. So if searching for blank spaces in the code isn’t your answer be prepared to start from scratch. Yuck.

    Can anyone point me to help with WordPress 3.0 loop.php file. I want to remove the post date and author info page from the index.php file and don’t see the codex for this in the loop.php file.

    I think I see the error and it’s not the blank space issue even tho it’s this same error message…
    XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
    Location: https://websitename.com/?feed=rss2
    Line Number 2, Column 1:<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>

    When I look at page source in the browswer I see there is a duplicate doc declaration

    <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="https://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>

    This dup code appears between the end of the index.php and the beginning of the sidebar. I’m using a widgetized sidebar.

    I just launched a website using WP 3.0 and for the first time ran into this parsing error. I think I’ve tried everying and need to know if there is anything else I can try.
    1. Went thru the list of files recommended to review and found no spaces.
    2. Deactivated all plugins and still got error.
    3. Tried the default TwentyTen theme and still got error.
    4. Removed 3.0 and installed 2.9.2 and still got error.
    5. Tried the feed fix plug in. Got thru partial repair of files and it won’t repair one of the wp- files in the root directory because it’s not writeable.I tried to reset the permissions to writeable and it won’t let me.
    6. Upgraded to 3.0 again still getting error

    Anything else to try? Is there something on a hosting account that can be causing the error? Can it be caused by a missing file in the install? I’m not a developer and I feel like I’m running out of options. HELP

    Check out the dangers of 777 in the codex. I’m dealing with a similar situations and it’s not the theme… it’s the hosting company and their server configuration. I’ll be moving the site to a hosting company that allows a more secure WordPress setup!

    Thread Starter oldcrone

    (@oldcrone)

    thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

    Thread Starter oldcrone

    (@oldcrone)

    I tried this after posting to the WP Forum. Uploads path was blank by default with a comment that “Default is wp-content/uploads”. The Default is correct. I event tried adding the path to the blank field… still no luck. The box next to Organize… is checked. The Full URL and Tracks boxes are both blank. I’ve had WP 2.9.2 for weeks on these sites. We’ve made no plugin updates.

    The virus I’m experiencing is the same as the description DaveBaldwin posted. I want to get my WP website restored. I not a techie. I did the easy download and install that WP offers. I’m using 2.9.2. I can FTP into my NS account. I’ve done the following but cant restore the stie:

    1. I can login to NS and view my phpMyAdmin for the database. I just can’t find the siteURL. I read one post that says it’s in wp-options. I’ve looked there and when I couldn’t find it I looked through all the tables. Nothing called siteURL or site_URL.
    2. I read another post on the NS blog that say the script came in as a JSquery file in the Scripts folder. There are no files by that name in the Scripts folder.
    3. There’s a comment from WP on the NS blog that permissions need to be set at 644 for the wp-config file. I checked and that’s already set… so how did the virus get in? I’ve read elsewhere online that 640 is the correct permission.

    The virus seems to have attacked my site later than other site. Everything was OK until Tuesday April 13. NS is saying all is fixed yet I can’t get my website restored. HELP.

    I’m having a similar problem with this plugin. It’s similar but not quite the same. When I enter a new directory listing I dont’ get an error page, the new listing never appears in the control panel for approval. I’ve looked for the requests.php file and can’t find it. Which directory/folder is it in? I’d like to try this fix to see if it works for this problem too.

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