[nfbcs] RSS feeds again

[Andy B.]

Actually, the webserver will provide a 403 forbidden error if permissions are set wrong. A 404 not found error will only show up if the given file doesn't exist on the server at the path specified by the browser.
Just putting an xml file with a podcast schema attached wont serve as a podcast feed. You have to use programming languages such as php, python, perl, or .net to parse the file into a human readable format. The only other option is to attach xsl or xsd definitions to the xml file. Doing this will instruct the browser to display the xml file as it were an html page. My preferred method is to manually parse the xml file or generate it through code.

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jack Heim via nfbcs
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Subject: Re: [nfbcs] RSS feeds again

I doubt that the 2 problems are directly related. I haven't managed an ISS (Windows) web server in years but I know apache can give a 404 "not found" error if the permissions on the file do not allow it to read the file. So do the usual stuff, check the file name, the permissions, etc.

There are a couple of skills that you might need to develop here. The first thing to know is that google is your friend. As you work to solve technical problems, the first thing you should almost always do is google it. That will almost always be the easiest and fastest way to solve a problem.  In fact, finding solutions via google is a valuable skill to have if you plan to work with computers for a living. Another skill you should try to develop is to learn how to ask a question more clearly. You need to provide a lot more detail than you have been providing. Not only does it help people to figure out what the problem is, it will make them much more inclined to help you because it will show that you have made an effort to solve the problem on your own.


On 04/18/2017 06:22 PM, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi, so i did that and now my web server is rejecting it. For some 
> reason it is saying not found, when i uploaded this to my web server.
>
> On 4/18/17, Jack Heim via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> You should google for podcast validators.  All you have to do is type 
>> in the URL for your podcast xml file and it will tell you what's wrong.
>> Those xml files are really, really tricky. I had my podcast working 
>> more or less and I still found the validators valuable to make it 
>> work on all podcast catchers all the time.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/17/2017 06:28 PM, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs wrote:
>>> Hi, so i am making an rss feed, and i think something is wrong with 
>>> my xml, but not sure what? o here is my code.
>>>
>>> <? xml version=”1.0” ?>
>>> <rss version=”2.0”>
>>> <channel>
>>> <title>X-Code podcasts</title>
>>> <description>X-code podcasts for voiceover users</description> 
>>> <link>https://taylorsprograms.000webhostapp.com/Tutorials.html</link
>>> >
>>> <item>
>>> <title>Introduction to X code 8  and swift 3  with voiceover</title> 
>>> <description>Introduction to X-code with voiceover</description> 
>>> <link>https://taylorsprograms.000webhostapp.com/Introduction%20to%20
>>> X%20code%208%20%20and%20swift%203%20%20with%20voiceover.mp3</link>
>>> </item>
>>> </channel>
>>> </rss>
>>>
>>>
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