So, as you can see from my previous post, I was having a heck of a time fixing my RSS feed. I consider a RSS feed very vital and if there’s something wrong with mine, I needed it fixed ASAP. I could not find anything after googling “Wordpress RSS feed issues”.

So what I finally realized, after looking at my feed’s XML source file and validating it with Feed Validator, I noticed the error was part of a plugin I use called Wassup. Wassup is a plugin for Wordpress blogs that allows you to see your visitors.

I deactivated the Wassup plugin and miraculously everything worked in my RSS feed. It began updating again, I could view my RSS feed on IE 7, FF 2 and 3 and Safari! It was amazing.

So, my fellow bloggers who used Wordpress, when in doubt, deactivate your plugins.

It looks like when I tried to validate my feed using FeedValidator, I have some issues and I have NO idea how to fix my RSS Feed.  Does anyone know? When I validate, it shows my entire feed file but I can’t find it anywhere on my blog site so that I can edit it.

I’m wondering if I should delete my Feedburner feed all together and start over?

UPDATE! I FIXED IT!  PRAISE GOD!

After looking at the XML source of my feed, the error was coming from the Wassup Plugin.  I deactivated my plugin and now the error in my feed is gone!  Whew.  Thank you!

I’m all about RSS Feeds. They’re convenient, they’re simple and they’re time-saving and therefore life-saving. If you don’t know what RSS is, you really need to learn about it as I promise you it will change the way you view the web.

Here’s McCord’s definition: instead of visiting a website in a browser to see the latest and greatest articles, blog posts, news, pictures/videos, all you need to do is add the website’s RSS feed into a RSS reader and you get “snippets” of new content on the site. If you’re interested in reading more, you click on the link and the RSS reader brings you to the website. If the headline doesn’t interest you, you move on and therefore don’t have to visit the site. It’s a great way to view 30 of your favorite sites in less than 10 minutes. Done and done.

Now, on to Snackr. Snackr is a RSS ticker that scrolls your RSS feeds in random order on your desktop in a beautiful, Adobe-Air display. Snackr can work on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux so it’s available (for free) to everyone. You must have Adobe Air installed in order to use Snackr, so click here if you haven’t downloaded Adobe Air yet. Once you’ve downloaded Snackr, you can customize which feeds to add, where you want the scroll bar displayed and how fast you want the ticker to move. It’s that easy.

Below is a quick video showing you my Snackr on my desktop… it’ll give you a great idea of how it works. You can download Snackr here.

http://www.vimeo.com/1159880

As you know, I’m a big fan of Jott (click here to view my review on what Jott does). Jott just released a new feature that really has my interest so I thought I’d share it with all of you. Jott Feeds lets you listen to your favorite news and RSS Feeds all from your phone! You can set Jott up so that when you call you can get all of your latest Twitter updates. You can also have Jott tell you the latest news on CNN, TechCrunch or any other website/blog you want! You literally set up Jott’s Feeds and with a press of a phone button, Jott will speak what you used to only be able to read!

I find this new feature incredible! How many times am I in my car and wondering what my friends’ latest updates on Twitter are? Or what Lifehacker has just posted? This is really an incredible feature and I’m glad Jott has added it.

So whatcha waiting for? Get your free account with Jott today and make sure you set up a Jott Feed for my blog (or click here and you’ll go directly to Jott!)

For those of you who are new to RSS and feeds, all you need to do is click on the orange icon (RSS) in the top right sidebar of my blog and you’ll get the link to my RSS feed. Simply copy that into your Jott Feed and you’ll always be caught up with Jeff McCord’s Blog! I’m literally just a phone call away!

All right my awesome blog readers! According to the poll you did for me, some of you are interested in subscribing to my blog via RSS but don’t know how. You can either choose to subscribe via RSS by clicking on the RSS icon on the top of the sidebar (to the right) or now you can subscribe to my blog BY EMAIL! How simple is that?

Now keep in mind, I love it when you actually visit my blog, but subscribing will ensure you never have to miss any of my blog posts again! And please know, this blog is NOTHING without my awesome readers! So thank you for all who contribute, it means the world to me!

If you’re anything like me, you like to read your news online and the cooler the interface, the more I read the news. Well, MSNBC just created a really cool and moxie new way to read their news headlines. Spectra is a brilliantly colorful news reader that allows you to customize the topics you want to read. If you like entertainment, pick entertainment. If you like US Headlines, pick that. Once you’ve picked which topics you want to read, Spectra will then give you a breathtaking view of the news. It reminds me of CoverFlow on a bit of LSD (not that I know what LSD is like, but you’ll understand once you see the demo).

Check this quick video out of me playing on Spectra. It may not be the best way to capture news for an audience, but it definitely makes it more fun and well, that to me is moxie.

Also, what are your thoughts? Will something like Spectra make you begin reading MSNBC’s news now or is it something you’re not interested in? Leave a comment below…