RSS Bug
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URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=18602
Printed Date: 12 April 2026 at 12:27am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: RSS Bug
Posted By: Clovis
Subject: RSS Bug
Date Posted: 04 March 2006 at 7:35pm
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Hi Borg, If you insert the character "&" in the title of a forum or a topic then the RSS produces an error when rendering. Here is the message (in french) I get : "Erreur d'analyse XML : mal form Emplacement : http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/rss_forum_feed.asp Numro de ligne 18, Colonne 18 : <title>Something & another : My topic title</title> -----------------^" It might be the same case with other special characters. Hope it helps. |
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Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 06 March 2006 at 10:09am
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Thanks clovis, something I didn't know about. I'll have to do some testing and find a solution to this. |
Posted By: Ritchie
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 8:21am
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There is a problem with display of date of messages in RSS to a tape. In different RSS readers the problem proves on a miscellaneous. Whether it is possible to solve the given problem?  ------------- Чем дальше в лес, тем толще партизаны |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 9:02am
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The time difference is that the publish date uses the server time in RTF format as required for RSS Feeds. The posted date, within the actual News Item, is HTML and therefore uses the date/time format set by the forum admin and also includes any date/time off-set the forum admin has set. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Ritchie
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:28am
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I have understood all. But the basic problem that different news agregators display absolutely different time of the publication! In Opera time shift of 5 hours, and in in Feed Demon 4 hours! If to make some changes in a code, RSS the tape will be correctly displayed in all News readers. For this purpose it is necessary to represent date thus Instead of <lastBuildDate> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 1:06:00 PM GMT </lastBuildDate> To change so
<lastBuildDate> Mon, 24 Apr 2006 1:06:00 PM +0400 </lastBuildDate>
At such change date correctly will be displayed for for example for Moscow in view of shift in time. ------------- Чем дальше в лес, тем толще партизаны |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:39am
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According the the RFC date time format used for RSS 'GMT' is an acceptable time format for Greenwich meantime, and they recommend that you use that. I will do some tests though and see if altering it will make much difference. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:44am
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I've just checked and the date and time format should be set to 'UT' for Universal time as setout in the following specification:- http://www.sendmail.org/rfc/0822.html#5 If you need to change this for your own forum you can do so by editing the files beginning with RSS_ and changing the following part to your own time zone:- strTimeZone = "UT" Change the part 'UT' to your own time zone as setout in the RFC specifications. ------------- https://www.webwiz.net/web-wiz-forums/forum-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - Web Wiz Forums Hosting https://www.webwiz.net/web-hosting/windows-web-hosting.htm" rel="nofollow - ASP.NET Web Hosting |
Posted By: Ritchie
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:57am
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Many thanks for a prompt reply. I have made necessary changes. All works! / ( ("+" / "-") 4DIGIT ) ; Local differential
; hours+min. (HHMM) 'Set this to the time zone you require strTimeZone = "+4000" ------------- Чем дальше в лес, тем толще партизаны |
Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 11:14am
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I just wish VbScript was able to get the UT or GMT time, it would make settings times throughout the forum, including RSS Feeds much simpler.
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Posted By: Ritchie
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 12:14pm
I suggest to write the post card to Bill Gates that this function has been added in VB6  .------------- Чем дальше в лес, тем толще партизаны |