Need Help with RSS Feed

[ryanu83]

site name: http:://www.underthewood.com

I am admittedly in over my head on this one...A while back I set up my blog and it has been working well. I felt pretty good about having done even that much, since I have very minimal knowledge (nothing beyond basic HTML code).

I've recently noticed that my blog does not have a working feed. It likely never has, I just only noticed now. I've tried to troubleshoot it, but haven't gotten much of anywhere. I do have the sidebar plugin enables for RSS feeds, the options are there, but they do not work. They all point to a feed in this path (http://www.underthewood.com/index.php?/feeds/) I tried plugging in that address into several readers, as well as feedvalidator.org. It doesn't find a valid feed.

There is a file "rss.php" in the root folder of the site. It does not appear to have anything in it when I view it in my web editing program.

Any guidance would be GREATLY appreciated. I realize my ignorance in this area is surely the reason I can't see a solution.

-Ryan

[ryanu83]

I did just try removing the plugin for RSS feeds in the sidebar, but when I tried to add it back, I get the error below. At this point, I can't add any sidebar plugins, but I can add event plugins. Not sure if that has anything to do with my feed problems...

Trying to open URL package_sidebar_en.xml...
Fetched 106083 bytes from already existing file on your server. Saving file as /home/content/r/y/a/ryanu83/html/templates_c/package_sidebar_en.xml...

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class serendipity_plugin_currently in /home/content/r/y/a/ryanu83/html/plugins/serendipity_plugin_currently/Copy of serendipity_plugin_currently.php on line 16

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

You copied a file:

/serendipity_plugin_currently/Copy of serendipity_plugin_currently.php

and serendipity tries to load it. You should not place spare files in s9y plugin directory files, please download the to a different directory on your harddrive instead. Else, serendipity tries to load a file twice.

Regards,
GArvin

[ryanu83]

right...was missing seeing that duplicate file. Got that cleared up and now I can update my plugins again. I tried to reload the sydication plugin, but that still did not help my feed problems.

The site still does not have a valid feed. Any thoughts on what to do?

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

About rss.php, did you check its filesize? It really seems as if its empty. I tshould have content - better re-upload the original rss.php of the original serendipity release bundle.

Regards,
Garvin

[ryanu83]

I hadn't been able to mess with this issue for awhile, but I'm back at it now. I've gotten a little deeper into trying to get the feed going, but still am stuck.

I downloaded a new version of rss.php and uploaded it to the server. That must have altered something, because it changed the error message I get when attempting to view the RSS feed in my browser. Now I get the following...

XML Parsing Error: junk after document element
Location: http://www.underthewood.com/index.php?/feeds/index.rss2
Line Number 2, Column 1:<b>Fatal error</b>: Cannot redeclare class serendipity_plugin_api in <b>/home/content/r/y/a/ryanu83/html/include/plugin_api.inc.php</b> on line <b>30</b><br />

I've looked in the file mentioned above and do see the reference to serendipity_plugin_api on line 30. I tried commenting it out just for kicks, but if I do that, the site will not even load.

Unsure what to try next...any thoughts?

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

This sounds like something is really garbed in your installation. You should re-upload ALL serendipity files from the release archive of the version you have installed again to your web. Simply overwrite all files (do NOT REMOVE ANY FILES!).

Regards,
Garvin