WordPress MU

i don't think my rss has ever worked since install of MU.

getting this error:

XML Parsing Error: syntax error
Location: http://domain.com/feed/
Line Number 1, Column 31:<?xml version="1.0" encoding=""?>

Ideas where to start?

http://validator.w3.org/feed/

Look at your source highlighted there.

Start with a fresh install on a test server.

Add themes/plugins/hacks until you repeat the error.

ok, thanks, it got this error:

This feed does not validate.
line 1, column 30: XML parsing error: <unknown>:1:30: XML declaration not well-formed [help]

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding=""?>

Shouldn't encoding="UTF-8" or anything other than ""?

yeah, but the feed-rss2.php file has this:

<?php echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="'.get_option('blog_charset').'"?'.'>'; ?>

I'm guessing MU gets this encoding option from somewhere else.

Check wp-config.php: should have a define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8'); in there near the top.

And

Dashboard-->Options->Reading set the option near the bottom to UTF-8 as well.

hmm, my wp-config.php looks good, but i don't see the option in the dashboard. only options i have under reading is:

Front Page
Front page displays:
Your latest posts
etc...

Blog Page
Show at most:

doh! my own hack busted me! i commented that out so users wouldn't change it. i added it back, put UTF-8 in and it works!

thanks again!

Rather than comment out such fields, add a "disabled" to the input field.
Such as:
<td><input name="blog_charset"
to
<td><input disabled name="blog_charset"

You can still see it, but no user editing.

An actual link to the feed in question would be helpful so we can see what is occuring. Else all we can do is make guesses.

ahh, great idea dsader!

theapparatus, the site isn't live yet, so i don't want to pass out links just yet.

@theapparatus - two posts above yours he said he got it working.