[nfbcs] RSS feeds again

Thu Apr 20 15:16:55 UTC 2017

I am not familiar with your hosting provider but it does look as if they 
use a web hosting control panel, like cpanel. Therefore it is possible 
that it is misreporting a 403 permissions error as a 404 not found 
error. But I would bet on a spelling error. You need to make absolutely 
sure that the name in the link to the xml file is identical, including 
upper and lower case, to the name of the actual file.

On 04/19/2017 08:21 PM, Taylor Arndt via nfbcs wrote:
> Hi,
> So i googled  how  to make an rss feed. I am using the free 000 web
> hoste. I made the XML file, but don't know how to get it to work. I
> will provide all my files, but i can't initialize it either. Like i
> said, i did lots and lots of googling but can't find the answer. I can
> link to other rss feeds but can't link to the rss.xml or at least it
> is saying that it doesn't exist, when it really does exist. I am going
> to give a link to my webcite, and also code for my rss and my index
> where i have linked it.
> Index file
> <!DOCTYPE html
>     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
> <head>
> <meta name="google-site-verification"
> content="lI2_40-FtondSFFr0zwAgHaxQRWYfyJoGaSQlejZQeY" />
> <link href="http://taylorsprograms.ezyro.com/RSS.XML" rel="alternate"
>  <title>Homepage</title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <table align="center">
> <tr align="center">
> <td><h1 align="center"><font color="blue">Menu</font></h1></td>
> </tr>
> <tr align="center">
> <td>
> <a href="Index.html">Back to home page</a>|
> <a href="Apps.html">My apps</a>|
> <a href="Contact.html">contact</a>|
> <a href="Tutorials.html">Tutorials</a>|
> <a href	="Beta  testing information.html">beta  testing information</a>|
> <a href="https://taylorsprograms.000webhostapp.com/rss.xml">RSS feed</a>
> <a href="http://formsmarts.com/form/1u9o?mode=h5">Accessible
> calculater issue tracker</a>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> <h2 align="center"><font color="blue">News</font></h2>
> <p>A new version  of calculator is out  and you can download it from
> the apps  page. This is a official version  , but fixes many issues
> that were reported by users! </p>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> </body>
> </html>
> rss.xml
>
> <rss version= 2.0 >
> <channel>
> <title>X-Code podcasts</title>
> <description>X-code podcasts for voiceover users</description>
> <link>http://taylorsprograms.ezyro.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%20X%20code%208%20%20and%20swift%203%20%20with%20voiceover.mp3"</link>
> </item>
> </channel>
> </rss>
>
> and link  to my webcite to see what is going on. Click on the rss tab
> and see  that it gives 404.
> https://taylorsprograms.000webhostapp.com/
>  i hope all this detail helps in trying to help me with this issue.
>
> On 4/19/17, Jack Heim via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> A lot of content management systems return a 404 error when file
>> permissions are set wrong. It is because the script that converts a URL
>> into a directory/file cannot distinguish between a file it can't open
>> and a file that doesn't exist.
>> https://www.litespeedtech.com/support/forum/threads/solved-wrong-permissions-cause-404-error-instead-of-403.10703/
>>
>> That's a note from a cpanel user but I've seen the same thing happen in
>> wordpress and drupal.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 04/19/2017 10:25 AM, Andy B. via nfbcs wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jack Heim via
>>> nfbcs
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:36 AM
>>> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> Cc: Jack Heim <john at johnheim.com>
>>> 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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