RSS feed

[dcraig]

My RSS reader stopped getting EDF updates on 30 July. Has something been changed / is there a new URL or is it something wrong my end with Feedly?

[Administrator]

Hi, it should be fine, nothing's changed and if you click on the link https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/rss.php you can see it's still there and working.

[beigemartin]

I am having the same issue as of the same date. I am using an alternative reader though, so it sounds like the change is at the EDF end.

[dcraig]

Still getting same problem - anyone else?

[beigemartin]

Still failing here. The url hasn't changed and it works from my machines. I suspect the EDF site is blocking Feedly's IP addresses (as well as IFTTT's). This happened to me once before and the admin here removed the blocks.

[dcraig]

Started working again tonight, in case that helps someone find the cause.

[dcraig]

Started working again tonight, in case that helps.

[beigemartin]

for me too - thanks for posting - i wouldn't have looked otherwise

[Administrator]

Thanks for letting us know, we can't figure out what's going on. We're sill trying to work out why emails aren't getting out to people.

[PSJ]

I'm glad others are asking this question! Only realized today I wasn't getting updates recently.

I don't quite understand these things but the feed doesn't seem to be valid?

https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastdulwichforum.co.uk%2Fforum%2Frss.php

[beigemartin]

Mine feed reader stopped processing EDF again on 20th October. Did something change?

Here are the issues I can see:

1 - EDF is not responding to requests from certain IP addresses (validator.w3.org and probably feed readers) - *I suspect this is the issue with my RSS reader*

2 - validator.w3.org reports validation fails on these (they might cause an issue for some RSS parsers):

Using the element under RSS2.0 requires a valid email address (EDF RSS uses the EDF username)

3 - validator.w3.org suggests "In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could be improved by implementing the following recommendations."

Remove &raquo (html '>>') from the forum descriptions. The front page shows 5 occurances of &raquo (html '>>') ie " Discuss life in London's East Dulwich. Talk about local restaurants, pubs, shops, services, transport, planning, it's up to you » "

Missing atom:link with rel="self" - https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/warning/MissingAtomSelfLink.html

[Administrator]

Do you know the IPs of your RSS feeder?

We have blocked various countries from having access to the forum because of the amount of spam we get from them. I suspect that your validators/readers come from those countries. If you look at the link https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/rss.php you can see it works.

[beigemartin]

Hi Admin,

Agree the RSS feed works when not blocked - I just included the validation response for completeness. I will try and find out the IP of my reader (it's cloud based so might not be easy :-( )