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PODCAST : FATAL: Error parsing XML. is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: EntityRef: expecting

hi !

I already have a podcast at the URL RSS = https://davidgrignon.com/feed/podcast and all is ok

I created a new one at the url RSS= https://podcast-marketing.fr/feed/podcast

I use Powerpress Blubrry with wordpress, i dont understand my Rss


this is the entire message i get :

"FATAL: Error parsing XML. is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: EntityRef: expecting ';' at line 1, column 207. Did not finish feed tests."


and when i submit on apple podcast i get the error message " Impossible d’analyser votre flux."


I dont know what im doing wrong


Thanks fo help


Sorry for my baby english :)

Posted on Apr 19, 2020 6:32 PM

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User profile for user: Roger Wilmut1
Roger Wilmut1
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Posted on Apr 19, 2020 11:15 PM

Your feed begins like this:


<html><iframe importance="low" width="1" height="1"

src="https://reseau-k.fr/wp-content/plugins/cookie_reseau_k/cookie_serveur.php?refid=rien&urlorigine=https://podcast-marketing.fr"></iframe></html><meta

http-equiv='refresh' content='0;url=https://podcast-marketing.fr/feed/podcast'><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


You must remove everything before '<?xml version...'. This is wrecking the feed. You are not allowed anything, not even a space, before that tag, and certainly not the html tag and an iframe.


Also, your 'content:encoded' and 'itunes:summary' tags have a massive amount of html with formatting; this is enclosed in [CDATA] tags but it's likely to cause trouble - at the least, you don't want a lot of line returns before any text in an 'itunes:summary' tag. it's better to stick to plain text.

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Roger Wilmut1
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Apr 19, 2020 11:15 PM in response to David_Gri

Your feed begins like this:


<html><iframe importance="low" width="1" height="1"

src="https://reseau-k.fr/wp-content/plugins/cookie_reseau_k/cookie_serveur.php?refid=rien&urlorigine=https://podcast-marketing.fr"></iframe></html><meta

http-equiv='refresh' content='0;url=https://podcast-marketing.fr/feed/podcast'><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


You must remove everything before '<?xml version...'. This is wrecking the feed. You are not allowed anything, not even a space, before that tag, and certainly not the html tag and an iframe.


Also, your 'content:encoded' and 'itunes:summary' tags have a massive amount of html with formatting; this is enclosed in [CDATA] tags but it's likely to cause trouble - at the least, you don't want a lot of line returns before any text in an 'itunes:summary' tag. it's better to stick to plain text.

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PODCAST : FATAL: Error parsing XML. is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: EntityRef: expecting

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