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There’s Something Funky with the RSS of Scoble’s new Linkblog
Author: Jason24 Jan
[Updated Below] I just tried to manually subscribe to Scoble’s new linkblog in NewsGator, but I received the following error message:
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Error loading feed.
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An error occurred loading this feed. Please check the URL and try again.Details: The URI prefix is not recognized.
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OK
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That sucks.
Of course, then I tried to click directly on the link to the RSS feed, and NewsGator dutifully subscribed to it. Why the heck couldn’t I enter the URL manually?
[Update] It struck me as odd that NewsGator subscribed to the feed when I clicked on the feed’s link, since I expected to see Firefox’s standard XML display of an RSS feed. Then I remembered that some people have been championing the use of the feed: protocol prefix to denote RSS feeds. Sure enough, that’s how this link is set up. So it looks like an update is in order for NewsGator, to fix this little gaffe. [End Update]
Anyhow, it’s nice to see Scoble’s using the very gorgeous Kubrick theme that I love so much. What’s not so cool is that he’s not crediting the design anywhere on the main page. The stock template has a link to Michael (the author of the theme) Heilemann’s Kubrick page in the footer which it appears that he’s removed. For shame, Robert.
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All in all, I think it's a smart move to use Kubrick as the default style. It surprises me that Michael Heilemann's credit has been removed though!
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Your theme shouldn't break when you upgrade because 1.5 accepts both theme sets. However, if you want to move to the new version (which is lovely - not having to worry about the theme breaking when upgrading) you need to save your stylesheet, sidebar and header graphic. I "think" there are some tutorials on this but if not, if you need help send me an email and I'd be happy to try and help. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it. :)
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