When clicking the RSS-icon, I get the following message:

Ugyldig XML-erklĉring.
Linje: 2 Tegn: 3



Translated into English:
Invalid XML-statement.
Line: 2 Sign: 3



What can I do?

I have a similar problem: www.husvagnsforum.com/index2.php?option=...fb_rss&no_html=1

Already posted the solution
www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,co...d,73/id,20977/#21200

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That is a solution for another problem, does not work with this problem....

Let's try Google search.
This link is a google search: XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity

Let test your feed by this link:
feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A%...fb_rss%26no_html%3D1

This shows you the problems.

Hi~
I got the "XML Parsing Error" on my RSS Feed.

after goin' through trials and errors,
I realized that the simplest way to solve the RSS problem is uninstall/reinstall FB.

don't worry~ you're not gonna loose any of your data unless you drop FB database in SQL
but, you might have to upload the templates again~

hopefully you can solve the problem~!
good luck~!!

I was having exactly the same problem, and so I did some digging. It turned out that were many stray line-breaks, throughout the Fireboard source files. I'm unsure as to how they got there, whether they were a result of uploading (although they were uploaded enclosed within a ZIP, so that shouldn't of had an effect), or existed there prior to upload, but they were to blame.

In order to fix the RSS stream, I had to remove stray linebreaks from the bottom of the following files:

/components/com_fireboard/templates/default/fb_laytout.php
/components/com_fireboard/templates/default/smile.class.php
/components/com_fireboard/sources/fb_rss.php

Once they were stripped, everything should be working fine. Hope this helps.


One further change that I found was required to ensure compatibility with IE7, was the removal, or commenting of the DOCTYPE definition in /components/com_fireboard/sources/fb_rss.php [line 58]. Simply comment it out, by encapsulating the tag within the HTML comment tags, . Your feed will now display in IE7 properly.

I have the same problem in my site. If I use vBulletin, RSS works, but in Fireboard i got the same problem.

Actually, I tried to use the RSS on BoJ to subscribe on this thread as well, but got the same error.

XML-tolkningsfel: xml-deklaration inte i början av extern entitet
Adress: www.bestofjoomla.com/index2.php?option=c...fb_rss&no_html=1
Radnummer 2, Kolumn 1:

I am using Windows Vista, server 2003 or Win XP and Firefox 2, IE7, Opera, safari and Avant to test with. More or less the same results on all operativ and all of the browsers.

On my own site, the RSS for Joomla (Frontpage) works ok, the forum (Fireboard) does not.

Br
Thobbe

Psilocybeing wrote:

In order to fix the RSS stream, I had to remove stray linebreaks from the bottom of the following files:

/components/com_fireboard/templates/default/fb_laytout.php
/components/com_fireboard/templates/default/smile.class.php
/components/com_fireboard/sources/fb_rss.php

Once they were stripped, everything should be working fine. Hope this helps.



I think that your are right. I see this about xml:

"Another common error is the inclusion of whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines) before the XML Declaration. If an XML Declaration is included, it must be the first thing in the document."

I see that generated rss code page contains a blank line before xml declaration, but I can't resolve the problem as you do it.

Your best bet, if you've had experience writing / debugging PHP, is to follow the generation of the RSS itself, using echo's after lines likely to be outputting a linebreak (such as includes), and when your echo is output after the linebreak, you know you are a step closer to rooting out the problem. Once you have narrowed down the generation of the line break to a single file, finding the offending line should be pretty easy. Good luck!