Problem with blog feed

Alan Mater · 17th Oct 2008, 12:51 PM

Hey everyone,

I'm having a problem with my Wordpress feed. When trying to access the feed i get this error...

XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity
Location: http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/wor...home-blog/feed
Line Number 1, Column 5:<br><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
----^

I deleted the feed in FeedBurner to start over, but it doesn't go through at all now. I'm not sure what's wrong or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Alan

Alan Mater · 17th Oct 2008, 02:13 PM

Houdy has helped me out, and everything is working fine for now.

There may be a plugin conflict or something. Has anyone else run into this issue at all? I noticed at one point all my plugins deactivated themselves... totally weird.

lianwei · 17th Oct 2008, 02:19 PM

Yeah it happens... Sometimes I get that error too but it fixed itself after awhile..

Alan Mater · 17th Oct 2008, 02:27 PM

Well, it's not working again. It was fixed for a few minutes. Now the problem is back. What's the deal?

houdy · 17th Oct 2008, 09:20 PM

Alan I found the problem, it was some code embedded into the themes files. Using <br> for hard breaks or spaces on a WordPress theme caused it. Use this instead
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Alan Mater · 18th Oct 2008, 02:48 PM

Houdy, thanks for all your help. I really do appreciate it.

17th Oct 2008, 12:51 PM	#1
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Problem with blog feed Share on: Hey everyone, I'm having a problem with my Wordpress feed. When trying to access the feed i get this error... XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity Location: http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/wor...home-blog/feed Line Number 1, Column 5:<br><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> ----^ I deleted the feed in FeedBurner to start over, but it doesn't go through at all now. I'm not sure what's wrong or how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Alan
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17th Oct 2008, 02:13 PM	#2
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: Problem with blog feed Share on: Houdy has helped me out, and everything is working fine for now. There may be a plugin conflict or something. Has anyone else run into this issue at all? I noticed at one point all my plugins deactivated themselves... totally weird.
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17th Oct 2008, 02:19 PM	#3
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17th Oct 2008, 02:27 PM	#4
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: Problem with blog feed Share on: Well, it's not working again. It was fixed for a few minutes. Now the problem is back. What's the deal?
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17th Oct 2008, 09:20 PM	#5
houdy HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2006 Location: The Midwest Posts: 210 Thanks: 1 Thanked 60 Times in 49 Posts	Re: Problem with blog feed Share on: Alan I found the problem, it was some code embedded into the themes files. Using <br> for hard breaks or spaces on a WordPress theme caused it. Use this instead <br />
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18th Oct 2008, 02:48 PM	#6
Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,564 Thanks: 55 Thanked 154 Times in 135 Posts Blog Entries: 2	Re: Problem with blog feed Share on: Houdy, thanks for all your help. I really do appreciate it.
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