Subscription to site results in error though it is valid!

[THEBEAR1]

I have subscribed to the White House RSS but when I tell Vienna to refresh I get a Yellow Triangle on the Mail Box and nothing downloads. I have validated the link several times and it is good as is my subscription. Please help!

[jeff_johnson_dev]

Hi. What is the URL of the feed?

[THEBEAR1]

https://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog/white-house

When the subscription is made I either get a mail box with no name or a mail box with a Yellow Triangle in it and nothing downloads to my app. Every other of my subscriptions works fine!

Thanks for offering to help! Really appreciate it!

[jeff_johnson_dev]

Hmm, that feed works for me.

Two things to look at after you get the yellow triangle

1) In the "Window" menu, open "Activity Window" (command-0). Select the feed and see what the Activity Window says.

2) Open the contextual menu for the feed, and select "Show XML Source".

[THEBEAR1]

Will do. Still really new with this app and the RSS feeds. Appreciate the assist!

[THEBEAR1]

Connecting to feed:https://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog/white-house
Error retrieving RSS feed: Unable to start HTTP connection

Does that mean that they are down? Or am I missing something?

[THEBEAR1]

I tried again and I now have a Folder with no name. I canceled the subscription and got nothing but a folder with no name. Activity continues to show error. Show XML Source is grayed out.

When I try to unsubscribe and then resubscribe I get a a sound that lets me know nothing is going to happen. Jeff I am sure that I am messing up but I have setup subscriptions on several other sites and I have had no problems.

[THEBEAR1]

Now I have the site working but when I got to the XML window I get this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog-daily-listings-rss" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:og="http://ogp.me/ns#" xmlns:article="http://ogp.me/ns/article#" xmlns:book="http://ogp.me/ns/book#" xmlns:profile="http://ogp.me/ns/profile#" xmlns:video="http://ogp.me/ns/video#" xmlns:product="http://ogp.me/ns/product#" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#" xmlns:sioc="http://rdfs.org/sioc/ns#" xmlns:sioct="http://rdfs.org/sioc/types#" xmlns:skos="http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#">
<channel>
<title>Blog Daily Listings RSS</title>
<link>https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog-daily-l ... -rss</link>
<description></description>
<language>en</language>
<atom:link href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog/white-house" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
<item>
<title>Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity</title>
<link>https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2017/07 ... rity</link>
<description><![CDATA[<p>
<br />
On May 11, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed an <a href="/the-press-office/2017/05/11/presidential-executive-order-establishment-presidential-advisory" target="_blank">Executive Order establishing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity</a>. Vice President Mike Pence chairs the Commission, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach serves as the vice chair.</p>

<p>
<strong><em>Please check back regularly for further updates regarding the Commission and its future meetings and agendas.</em></strong></p>

<h3 class="formal">
<strong>Statements & Releases</strong></h3>

<h4 class="light">
May 2017</h4>

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-of ... commission" target="_blank">President Announces Formation of Bipartisan Presidential Commission on Election Integrity</a> (5/11/2017)</li>
</ul>

<h4 class="light">
June 2017</h4>

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-of ... n-election" target="_blank">Readout of the Vice President’s Call with the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity</a> (6/28/2017)</li>
</ul>

<h4 class="light">
July 2017</h4>

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-of ... esidential" target="_blank">Statement from Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State and Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity</a> (7/05/2017)</li>
<li>
<a href="/the-press-office/2017/07/19/remarks-president-trump-and-vice-president-pence-presidential-advisory" target="_blank">Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence at the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Meeting</a> (7/19/2017)</li>
<li>
<a href="/the-press-office/2017/07/19/remarks-vice-president-pence-and-elected-officials-first-meeting" target="_blank">Remarks by Vice President Pence and Elected Officials at the First Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity</a> (7/19/2017)</li>
</ul>

<h4 class="light">
AUGUST 2017</h4>

<ul>
<li>
<a href="/the-press-office/2017/08/24/new-hampshire-secretary-state-bill-gardner-host-next-meeting-bipartisan" target="_blank">Announcement of September 12, 2017 Meeting in New Hampshire</a> (8/24//2017)</li>
</ul>

<h3 class="formal">
<strong>Commission Members</strong></h3>

<ul>
<li>
Vice President Mike Pence, <em>Chair</em></li>
<li>
Kris Kobach, Secretary of State of Kansas, <em>Vice-Chair</em></li>
<li>
Connie Lawson, Secretary of State of Indiana</li>
<li>
Bill Gardner, Secretary of State of New Hampshire</li>
<li>
Matthew Dunlap, Secretary of State of Maine</li>
<li>
Ken Blackwell, Former Secretary of State of Ohio</li>
<li>
Christy McCormick, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission</li>
<li>
David Dunn, Former Arkansas State Representative</li>
<li>
Mark Rhodes, Clerk of Wood County, West Virginia</li>
<li>
Hans von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow and Manager of Election Law Reform Initiative, Edwin Meese Center for Legal & Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation</li>
<li>
J. Christian Adams, President and General Counsel, Public Interest Legal Foundation</li>
<li>
Alan King, Probate Judge, Jefferson County, Alabama</li>
</ul>

<h3 class="formal">
<strong>Meetings</strong></h3>

<ul>
<li>
<a href="/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/GSA-1612-PACEI-Public_Viewing_FR_08.24.2017.pdf" target="_blank">Meeting Notice for September 12, 2017 Meeting</a></li>
<li>
<a href="/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/pacei-updated-meeting-agenda-09122017.pdf" target="_blank">Updated Agenda for September 12, 2017 Meeting</a>&nbsp;(With Clerical Change to Presenter Title)</li>
</ul>

<p>
This meeting will be livestreamed for remote viewing at the following link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l93GoVJ ... </a>.&nbsp; Please be advised that this link <strong>WILL NOT</strong> be live <strong>BEFORE</strong> 10 a.m. EST on Tuesday, September 12.</p>

<p>
<strong>Press Credentials for September 12, 2017 Meeting in New Hampshire</strong></p>

<p>
To request Press credentials for the September 12, 2017 meeting of the President’s Advisory Commission on Election Integrity at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) at Saint Anselm College, Please submit the form at this link: <a href="http://www.anselm.edu/Academics/Institu ... ntials.htm" target="_blank">http://www.anselm.edu/Academics/Institu ... als.htm</a>. Due to limited physical space, the NHIOP will do its best to accommodate all requests, however a request for credentials does not guarantee approval of credentials.</p>

<p>
The Advisory Commission’s meeting will be livestreamed for remote viewing as well as at the NHIOP. Journalists’ assignments within the NHIOP, including potential access to the Advisory Commission meeting room, will be determined upon a final configuration of table, seating and equipment requirements for Commission members, panelists, witnesses and elected officials.</p>

</rss>

I can click on the individual links and it launches the browser. Is that what is supposed to happen for this site?

[jeff_johnson_dev]

Connecting to feed:https://www.whitehouse.gov/feed/blog/white-house

The URL here shouldn't have "feed:" at the beginning. That part needs to be deleted. Although it sounds like from your latest post that you've fixed it.