Hi

i'm using this module to create feed used by twitterfeed to post on social network account on twitter and facebook.

Twitterfeed tell me in feed analyze for http://www.lycee-celony.com/socialnetwork-celony/rss.xml :
Feed parsed OK, but due to missing pubDates make sure you select 'Post new items based on GUID' in Advanced Settings below.

so i use guid but content isn't posted well on fb page : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lyc%C3%A9e-C%C3%A9lony-Page-Officielle/328...

on twitter account all works well : https://twitter.com/#!/LyceeCelony

i see a change in url , because at first was on bitly and now on tinyurl...
so i need to know how add :
- pubDates in the feed
- specify bitly instead of tinyurl for FB, both are linked i think

thanks

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maciej.zgadzaj’s picture

maciej.zgadzaj CreditAttribution: maciej.zgadzaj commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

Essentially there are quite a few things not quite right in your feed (even though it *could* still get parsed correctly).

  • <pubDate> - you already have this element in the feed, it is just formatted incorrectly. You have entries like mar, 21/02/2012 - 22:41, which is not RFC #733 valid date. See correct example in RSS specification.
  • There are HTML tags in your <title> and <link> elements - they should be removed (even though they are converted to HTML entities, they are still invalid).
  • <link> element should contain absolute URL - in your case there are only paths there.
  • You don't have <guid> element at all, so you cannot really use it.

Generally I'd advise you have a look at the module documentation to see how the feed should be set up (check both "Settings up core ... elements" guides). Although they apply to 2.x branches, you could get some insights about setting up a feed in 1.x as well.

At the same time I would suggest updating to 2.x branch - even though it is still dev version, I believe it already works better that 1.x, not to mention that it offers many more features.

Finally, re bitly vs tinyurl - this is Tweeterfeed feature, not this module's, so it is out of scope of this issue I am afraid.

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aiphes
Primary language French
CreditAttribution: aiphes commented

ok i've made changes on feed and will see if it works better

thanks

khosman’s picture

khosman CreditAttribution: khosman commented

I can format the date used for the individual items... but how do i format the core pubdate? It's automatically being generated... but I can't figure out where the format is set within my site.