RSS Issue - Broken?

Dan~ · December 24th, 2005

I've noticed this problem for ages so I went to investigate why, I thought maybe the RSS for Software url had changed, but it's completly broken, When I click RSS on the site I just get an error.

**madmatt** · December 24th, 2005

Thread title edited to be more specific.

**zeke_mo** · December 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by Dan~

I've noticed this problem for ages so I went to investigate why, I thought maybe the RSS for Software url had changed, but it's completly broken, When I click RSS on the site I just get an error.

I have always had this problem, everybody just things I'm crazy though

**SPeedY_B** · December 27th, 2005

Our RDF feed is crap.

Can't we just use the RDF for Klip's, and have a nice new sparkly (compliant) RSS 2.0 feed for everyone else?

*cough* it's all because vNews smells....

**X-Istence** · December 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by SPeedY_B

*cough* it's all because vNews smells....

This is why :P.

**SPeedY_B** · December 27th, 2005

Other sites using vNews don't seem to have the problems that we do with feeds.

What else could we use anyway?

**X-Istence** · December 27th, 2005

Originally Posted by SPeedY_B

Other sites using vNews don't seem to have the problems that we do with feeds.

What else could we use anyway?

I just wanted to get my two cents in :P. I have no clue why other sites work fine, and we don't. As far as I know it works fine, as on my blog it is still in the side bar.

**Electronic Punk** · December 27th, 2005

I have customised our feed, so don't blame vnews

it displays more data than default and illegal characters often slip through.

**SPeedY_B** · December 27th, 2005

But it's RDF format... who uses rdf?!

As I said before, would it not be possible to leave those feeds in place for the klip, and have a fully working, plain, compliant, no bullcrap, RSS2.0 feed for everyone else ?

**Electronic Punk** · December 27th, 2005

Its not fully RSS2 now?

Doesn't relate to that tho, its the silly utorrent think has that crazy u in it.

**Electronic Punk** · December 27th, 2005

Here is the relevent code I need to add to:

PHP Code:


			
 unset($news_data);
 
$getdata = query("SELECT news_news.id,catid,mainnews,commentcount,title,stickypost,name FROM news_news,news_category WHERE".iif($id != 0," (catid IN ($cat_ids)) AND")." (news_news.display = 1) AND (program = 0) AND news_category.id = news_news.catid ORDER BY stickypost DESC,time DESC LIMIT $backend_show");
 
while ($news = fetch_array($getdata)) {
if (isuserallowed($cat_arr[$news[catid]][allowview])) {
 
$news[title] = htmlentities($news[title]);
$news[poster] = htmlentities($news[poster]);
$news[time] = htmlentities(date($mobile_time,$news[time]-$time_offset));
 
$newsdescriptionlength = 500; // Length of the news to display before cutting off
$news[description] = iif(strlen($news[mainnews]) > $newsdescriptionlength,substr($news[mainnews],0,$newsdescriptionlength)."...",$news[mainnews]);
 
if ($news[stickypost] == 2) {
eval("\$news_data .= \"".returnpagebit("backend_xml_post")."\";");
} elseif ($news[stickypost] == 1) {
eval("\$sticky .= \"".returnpagebit("backend_xml_post")."\";");
} else {
eval("\$news_data .= \"".returnpagebit("backend_xml_post")."\";");
}
}
}
 
$sitename = htmlentities($sitename);
$homeurl = htmlentities($homeurl);
 
header("Content-Type: text/xml");
eval("echooutput(\"".returnpagebit("backend_xml")."\");");

i need to add something before or after this line:

$news[title] = htmlentities($news[title]);

that will strip weird characters out.

**SPeedY_B** · December 28th, 2005

Originally Posted by Electronic Punk

Its not fully RSS2 now?

No.

1. Validate the feed
2. RSS 2 spec

**Electronic Punk** · December 28th, 2005

Problem is solved anyway

**vern** · December 28th, 2005

http://www.osnn.net/modules.php?modn...ction=rdf&id=1

^ That link is still broken. Other feeds for software, games, etc work fine though.

**SPeedY_B** · December 28th, 2005

Works fine here.

**Electronic Punk** · December 28th, 2005

Ok, sorted that - think I am gonna have to add the few bad characters as I see em. Should be alot easier to do now.

December 24th, 2005	Top \| #1
Dan~ OSNN Junior Addict Joined: August 2004 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	RSS Issue - Broken? I've noticed this problem for ages so I went to investigate why, I thought maybe the RSS for Software url had changed, but it's completly broken, When I click RSS on the site I just get an error.

December 24th, 2005	Top \| #2
madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 297	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Thread title edited to be more specific.

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #3
zeke_mo (value not set) Joined: August 2004 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 1,965 Reputation: 1290 Power: 126	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Originally Posted by Dan~ I've noticed this problem for ages so I went to investigate why, I thought maybe the RSS for Software url had changed, but it's completly broken, When I click RSS on the site I just get an error. I have always had this problem, everybody just things I'm crazy though "My Mind is a swirling miasma of scintillating thoughts and turgid ideas" ~Sam Zeitgeist Money as Debt, educate yourself.

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #4
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Our RDF feed is crap. Can't we just use the RDF for Klip's, and have a nice new sparkly (compliant) RSS 2.0 feed for everyone else? cough it's all because vNews smells.... 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #5
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,496 Reputation: 2808 Power: 220	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Originally Posted by SPeedY_B cough it's all because vNews smells.... This is why :P. An engineers technical notebook

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December 27th, 2005	Top \| #6
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Other sites using vNews don't seem to have the problems that we do with feeds. What else could we use anyway? 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #7
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,496 Reputation: 2808 Power: 220	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Originally Posted by SPeedY_B Other sites using vNews don't seem to have the problems that we do with feeds. What else could we use anyway? I just wanted to get my two cents in :P. I have no clue why other sites work fine, and we don't. As far as I know it works fine, as on my blog it is still in the side bar. An engineers technical notebook

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #8
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? I have customised our feed, so don't blame vnews it displays more data than default and illegal characters often slip through.

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #9
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? But it's RDF format... who uses rdf?! As I said before, would it not be possible to leave those feeds in place for the klip, and have a fully working, plain, compliant, no bullcrap, RSS2.0 feed for everyone else ? 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #10
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Its not fully RSS2 now? Doesn't relate to that tho, its the silly utorrent think has that crazy u in it.

December 27th, 2005	Top \| #11
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Here is the relevent code I need to add to: PHP Code: unset($news_data); $getdata = query("SELECT news_news.id,catid,mainnews,commentcount,title,stickypost,name FROM news_news,news_category WHERE".iif($id != 0," (catid IN ($cat_ids)) AND")." (news_news.display = 1) AND (program = 0) AND news_category.id = news_news.catid ORDER BY stickypost DESC,time DESC LIMIT $backend_show"); while ($news = fetch_array($getdata)) { if (isuserallowed($cat_arr[$news[catid]][allowview])) { $news[title] = htmlentities($news[title]); $news[poster] = htmlentities($news[poster]); $news[time] = htmlentities(date($mobile_time,$news[time]-$time_offset)); $newsdescriptionlength = 500; // Length of the news to display before cutting off $news[description] = iif(strlen($news[mainnews]) > $newsdescriptionlength,substr($news[mainnews],0,$newsdescriptionlength)."...",$news[mainnews]); if ($news[stickypost] == 2) { eval("\$news_data .= \"".returnpagebit("backend_xml_post")."\";"); } elseif ($news[stickypost] == 1) { eval("\$sticky .= \"".returnpagebit("backend_xml_post")."\";"); } else { eval("\$news_data .= \"".returnpagebit("backend_xml_post")."\";"); } } } $sitename = htmlentities($sitename); $homeurl = htmlentities($homeurl); header("Content-Type: text/xml"); eval("echooutput(\"".returnpagebit("backend_xml")."\");"); i need to add something before or after this line: $news[title] = htmlentities($news[title]); that will strip weird characters out.

December 28th, 2005	Top \| #12
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Originally Posted by Electronic Punk Its not fully RSS2 now? No. 1. Validate the feed 2. RSS 2 spec 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

December 28th, 2005	Top \| #13
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Problem is solved anyway

December 28th, 2005	Top \| #14
vern Dominus Joined: March 2002 Location: Minnesota, USA Posts: 1,570 Reputation: 660 Power: 146	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? http://www.osnn.net/modules.php?modn...ction=rdf&id=1 ^ That link is still broken. Other feeds for software, games, etc work fine though. free illegal pr0n @ ribbed.us

December 28th, 2005	Top \| #15
SPeedY_B I may actually be insane. Joined: March 2002 Location: Midlands, England Posts: 15,800 Reputation: 2877 Power: 310	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Works fine here. 1. SPeedYB.co.uk 2. CamPortal.co.uk 3. MacIRC.co.uk

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December 28th, 2005	Top \| #16
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: RSS Issue - Broken? Ok, sorted that - think I am gonna have to add the few bad characters as I see em. Should be alot easier to do now.