MX RSS Reader-Writer Forum :: Export Document reports error.....

The pages in question are located at:

http://cityofsalemin.com/news/rss_export.asp  (aso rss_export.asp)

When viewed in Internet Explorer, the code version is displayed normally.

When viewing in FireFox, the error message :

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://cityofsalemin.com/news/rss_export.asp
Line Number 1609, Column 23:<description><![CDATA[‹      &yuml;&iacute;}&Ucirc;oG-÷³

When attempting to read the import page, the following error message appears:

MX_RssReader Error
The URL supplied is not a valid XML Document!

NOTE ON THE ABOVE:  When using Dreamweaver, and attempting to verify the page code on the server, the program reports that a valid XML document was found.

The referenced page code reported in the error code is noted as follows:

<item>
<title><![CDATA[BABE RUTH MEETING AT CITY HALL APRIL 6]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There will be a Salem Babe Ruth meeting at Salem City Hall Thursday, April 6, at 6 p.m.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://cityofsalemin.com/news/view_article.asp?id=265]]></link>
<author><![CDATA[The City of Salem News Department]]></author>
<pubDate><![CDATA[3/27/2006 4:35:00 PM]]></pubDate>
<category><![CDATA[22]]></category>
<source url="http://cityofsalemin.com/news/view_article.asp"><![CDATA[265]]></source>
</item>

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I have no idea what to look for or where.  Need help.

Thank you.

Trent Roberson

Hello,

This could be happening because although you set the encoding to be ISO-8859-1, the characters seem to be encoded in UTF-8. Try setting the encoding of the feed to UTF-8.

Regards,
Razvan RACASANU