oh my, thank you sooo much.

not only did it fix my blog, but it fixed my rss feeds too! you're a legend.

so much to learn.

stu

got this error after I altered an apache setting and can't find the right setting in phpadmin.
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Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator, webadmin and inform them of the ...

hi garvin,

i copied the entire installation and still no joy.

http://www.definitive.co.nz/blog/index.php?/feeds/index.rss2 comes up with this error:

This page contains the following errors:

error on line 13 at column 1: Extra content at the end of the document
Below is a rendering of the page ...

thanks

that fixed it.

stu

hi,

just uploaded a fresh installation of serendipity and still no joy.

i get this error now:

Not Found

The requested URL /blog/feeds/index.rss1 was not found on this server.

Apache/1.3.33 Server at www.definitive.co.nz Port 80

thanks, i uploaded those files and then got this error:
This page contains the following errors:

error on line 24 at column 1: Extra content at the end of the document
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.

jupiter http://www.definitive.co.nz/blog/archives/558-jupiter.html http ...

hi garvin, i finally got round to working on this. so in answer to your questions:

Hm, your rss.php file seems to be broken. Did you manually modify that file?
nope

What PHP version is running on your server, do you have a phpinfo() output? Which Serendipity version are you using?
Serendipity ...

hi garvin,

it's intermittent at the isp at the moment, but it's a separate problem...

if you try now you'll see what i mean...

thanks

stu

hi,

my feeds return the following in safari:

"This page contains the following errors:

error on line 1 at column 1: Document is empty
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error."

www.definitive.co.nz/blog/

any clues?

trying to set it up and i can't seem to get it working.

i'm using the movable type APi
setting blog id to 1
choosing the serendipity_xmlrpc.php file

username and password: same as my administration page login.

and i get this:

"there wasan error detecting your blog settings. click ok and re-enter ...

thanks mate. all better...

your patience astounds me!

stu

hi garvin,

the blog is up now (whew!), but i can't log in.
i've tried a number of different ideas in the fields : 'username' and 'password' but to no avail...any ideas how to get in as administrator again?

stu

i was mucking around with mambo and deleted some tables in phpadmin...i must have clicked on it accidentally. operator error.
thanks for the info, i'll let you know how it goes.

thanks, you really are fantastic support.

stu

eeek! what do i do? i've just got a blank and disabled blog! all the other tables are there in phpadmin, so i was wondering if i should just recreate the table? if so, what are the fields i need to create?

thanks

thanks garvin, but the issue is that the nl2br plugin converts paragraph endings into line breaks wihtin a paragraph, rather than actual paragraph breaks. i'd like them to be '<' p '>' rather than '<' br '>'