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RSS Validation Errors at w3.org
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If your RSS feed has errors, the RSS validator at w3.org will detect the errors and provide information to help you to resolve them as shown in this tutorial:
1. Go to Feed Validation Service at w3.org.
2. Click the "Validate by Direct Input" tab. You see a bigger input box for you to enter the RSS XML directly.
3. Enter the following invalid RSS XML:
<rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>World News</title> <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description> <link>http://www.world-news.com/</link> <pubDate>06 Sep 2029 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate> <author>John Doe</author> <item> <title>Breaking News!</title> <description>Here is a breaking news that is still on going...</description> <link>http://www.world-news.com/news/53f933c5395f</link> <guid isPermaLink="false">7bd204c6-1655-4c27-aeee-53f933c5395f</guid> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2029 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate> </item> </channel> </rss>
3. Click the "Check" button. You see the validation errors:
Sorry - This feed does not validate. line 7, column 6: Undefined channel element: author [help] <author>John Doe</author> ^ line 13, column 49: Incorrect day of week: Sun [help] <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2029 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate> ^ In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations. line 6, column 41: Implausible date: 06 Sep 2029 16:20:00 +0000 [help] <pubDate>06 Sep 2029 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate> ^ line 15, column 3: Missing atom:link with rel="self" [help] </channel> ^
Click on "[help]" for more information on each error. Then go back to fix them.
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