I hope that this hasn't been covered anywhere else but i am seeing the following error when trying to use the feed button.

XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity
Location: www.mywebsite.com//ws_ck/index2.php?opti...fb_rss&no_html=1
Line Number 3, Column 1:
^

Anyone got any jems of wisdom for me please?

Cheers

Yep, i'm getting a similar error

XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity
Location: /index2.php?option=com_fireboard&func=fb_rss&no_html=1
Line Number 2, Column 1:
^

We just upgraded from joomlaboard, and it was working before

it happens on this site too

when i click the RSS button, i too get an XML error:

XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity

Greetings all,
I'm having similar problem. I tried an earlier version of Fireboard. It did not work for my already established forums, so I reinstalled JoomlaBoard 1.1.14 Stable. Now I am getting this error:

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XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity Location:
www.displaymode.com//index2.php?option=c...sb_rss&no_html=1
Line Number 1, Column 2:

!DOCTYPE rss PUBLIC "-//Netscape Communications//DTD RSS 0.91//EN"
-^
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This seems to be an old problem experienced by others that has gotten No attention even though its very important. Has Anyone Resolved This Issue? Please assist...

I fixed this by commenting out :
[code:1]include ($mosConfig_absolute_path."/components/com_fireboard/smile.class.php"«»);[/code:1]

around line 33

[code:1]//include ($mosConfig_absolute_path."/components/com_fireboard/smile.class.php"«»);[/code:1]

However my posts are still not showing up?? Any ideas??

Here is what worked for me.

in /joomla_root/components/com_fireboard/template/default/fb_layout.php
Delete the Last line after the "?>". This is causing an additional space before the xml proclamation

in /joomla_root/components/com_fireboard/template/default/smile.class.php
Same thing. Delete the Last line after the "?>".

in /joomla_root/components/com_fireboard/sources/fb_rss.php
On (or around) line 57, change:
echo "";

-- to this --

echo "";

I think separating the "?" and the ">" kept from invalid characters from being printed for some reason.

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Mike Cotton
www.cottonwebdesign.com