Handling feed errors

Handling errors in the Channel Wizard Sometimes there will be a problem with the feed, which will prevent the Channel Wizard from progressing.

Common reasons for feed errors are given below and while in all cases, you can ignore the error and continue on, this is not recommended unless you are sure you know what you are doing.


Is the feed URL correct?

Feeds are not the same as web pages so simply entering the address of your favorite web site into the Channel Wizard may not work [1].

You should find out if the site offers a feed and what its URL is. Icons are often used to highlight their feeds (commonly Feed icon or Feed icon), and these can be dragged into the My Channels window.

Some sites support auto-discovery in which case you just have to open the web site in Awasu and you will be notified that a feed has been found.

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If a feed is not available, plugins are available that monitor a web page for changes or extract information from a web page and convert it into a feed.

Does the feed have errors in it

Sometimes a feed will be rejected because it contains errors. Click on the Validate button to submit the feed to the Feed Validator for checking.

If the feed is invalid, the best solution is to contact the publisher and let them know so that they can fix it [2].

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It is also possible to work around some feed errors by writing a plugin that fixes the problem before it is fed into Awasu.

Do you need to be logged in?

Some feeds require you to be logged in before you can use them.

The easiest way to check this is to click on the Show as HTML button. If you are taken to a login page, then this is probably what has happened.

You should either be logged in before you start Awasu or open a window in Awasu and log in from there.

[1] If you enter the URL of a web page, Awasu will try to find any feeds embedded in it but some sites make it hard to find their feeds and this does not always work.
[2] Awasu already works around the most commonly seen problems but most of the time, it's not a good idea to blindly ignore errors and they should be fixed by the publisher.