The feed URL is the address of the XML data (RSS or Atom). The site URL is the address of the HTML content. For example:
http://www.example.com/ would be a site URL. http://www.example.com/newsfeed.rss would be a feed URL. In your case: http://mplsexpression.typepad.com/ is the site URL http://www.minneapolisexpression.com/ is apparently an alternative site URL, which redirects to the above address http://mplsexpression.typepad.com/weblog/atom.xml is the feed URL "Syndicated" within the scope of Syndic8.com means a feed has been checked by a human reviewer to determine that it meets a high level of technical correctness -- that is, it's been determined to be a feed that should work with properly-functioning feed readers or other feed-reading technologies. In your case, the feed would not pass that test in its current state, because it fails validation with the following error: XML parsing error: <unknown>:25:42: unbound prefix When I first looked, feed ID 559637 was assigned to your site (not your feed), in the "desiring syndication" state. The general meaning of this is that somebody (in this case you) identified the site as one that does not have an XML feed but would be a good site to have one. I have updated the record to include the feed address and set it to Polling. What this will do is have Syndic8.com poll your feed, which is the first step toward eventually having a human reviewer check the feed for technical correctness. If polling succeeds at a very basic technical level, then the feed will go into "awaiting approval" status, which is where it waits in a (very large and randomly-accessed) on-hold queue for a volunteer human reviewer. My recommendation to you would be to check your feed address here: http://www.feedvalidator.org/ This is a great tool for fixing broken feeds. If it's not fixed before a human reviewer checks it, it will be marked as needing repair. No sense going that route if you can fix it first (besides, publishing a dysfunctional feed is arguably pointless). Hope this helps, -- Stuart Whitmore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.just-stuart.com/ Find, share, and rate the latest online videos: http://www.MyVidsRock.com/ On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Brandon Ferdig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Syndic8 world, > > I've recommended my own site URL. Question: what's the difference between > feed URL and site URL? I already have setup subscription and RSS links on my > site, so is it already syndicated? Is that what 'syndicate' means? If so, > how do I know what the 'feed URL' is? > > Thanks in advance for anyone's help; this 'feed' stuff has been confusing me > for awhile. > > -Brandon > > I did get a feed # 559637 > > ------------------------------------ If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
