preview rss

simon · October 1, 2009, 6:05am

hi

i am trying to create a rss feed from some of the items we have

i have created a page template for the overall feed and a snippet template for each item.

on preview i am getting
This value ‘Item_rss’ is badly formed for a url query parameter.

i cannot figure out why this is happening, though i may of overlooked something

the rss feed is also appearing in the publish list as .html insted of .xml

many thanks for any answers

simon · October 1, 2009, 10:23am

some further information

Each item is draw by the snippet is some basic information from an existing news page

and the snippet template is called item_rss

the message when i try to preview is

Problem during the assembly of item

		[Click here to view velocity log](http://192.168.20.10:9992/Rhythmyx/test/velocitylog.jsp)
		[B]Parameters passed[/B]

		&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"&gt; 			&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;th&gt;Name&lt;/th&gt;&lt;th&gt;Value&lt;/th&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; 			&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_revision&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_siteid&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;306&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_authtype&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_contentid&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;30843&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_variantid&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;1009&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_folderid&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;866&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;sys_context&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; 			&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; 			[B]Error reported[/B]

		Problem assembling output for item: 2-101-30843 with template: Rss_Feed exception: This value 'Item_rss' is badly formed for a url query parameter, which must have the form param=value see log for stack trace

bwilder · October 1, 2009, 10:45am

The error you’ve posted is pretty specific. Where is the parameter ‘Item_rss’? Is it directly on your template or is it in a binding? Make sure that it has the form the form param=value. You may also want to search this particular forum for ‘RSS’, there are a number of posts regarding how to set up and troubleshoot this type of implementation.