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Can't add any feeds at all [Solved]

Posted: July 7th, 2009, 5:20 pm
by opus
I just installed your iPhone app and really like it. However, I have been unable to add a single feed. I have tried both .xml and .rss feed links and neither work. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the app.

I can't even add your own feed. Any ideas?

Re: Can't add any feeds at all

Posted: July 7th, 2009, 8:01 pm
by Kevin
Opus, thanks for trying xFeed, and I'm glad to hear you like it. Also glad that you stopped by to ask your question.

Now I'm not sure what the problem may be for any of the other feeds you are attempting to add, but for the one with the included screenshot I think I can see what the problem is. (Thank you for including the screenshot by the way!)

When adding the feeds, it is not necessary, and is actually will not work if you type "http://" into the add feed box. If you notice it's trying to find "http://http://nothingeverywhere.com" which doesn't exist. If you leave out the "http://" and type only "nothingeverywhere.com" it should be able to find the feed.

Thank you for asking this question. Although I don't see this as a bug, it should allow you to enter "http://" into the search box and filter it out. Will look into how to make this more user friendly for the next version, will also update the FAQ with a note to exclude the "http://"

If anyone finds any feeds that seem as if they are not compatible with xFeed, please post them here to help make future versions of xFeed more compatible.

Re: Can't add any feeds at all

Posted: July 7th, 2009, 10:28 pm
by opus
Ok, cool. That's what I get for using my wonderful new copy and paste on the iPhone. I was emailing myself feeds that I would find online, then copy and pasting from the email. The iPhone adds "http://" to the address even if I only pasted "www.whatever.com".

Thanks a lot. :D

Re: Can't add any feeds at all

Posted: July 7th, 2009, 10:36 pm
by Kevin
Glad to hear it!

I hadn't tried too much of the copy and pasting into the adding feeds portion. It's good to know about this, I can be quite certain that you aren't the only one who will run into this. Thanks for the heads up! ;)