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403 Error Validation
« on: October 30, 2009, 11:29:03 am »
I use blurry for Wordpress for my podcasts.  My podcasts will not validate with feed validator.  I am returned the following message:
Server returned HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Any ideas?

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 03:02:00 pm »
We are unaware of any 403 errors. This is typically an error that occurs when something is password protected.

Can you reply with the URL to your blog as well as the URL to your feed so we can investigate?

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 06:22:11 pm »
My blog is www.profilingguru.com

The link that is not validating is:  http://profilingguru.com/feed/podcast/ 

Thanks for the help.  FYI - I contacted my host Godaddy.com and they said they couldn't help out.

Brian

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2009, 09:19:09 am »
For what ever reason the server is returning HTTP 403, but is also returning the feed. Do you  have any Caching plugins such as WP-Super-Cache installed? If so, can you clear your cache and then try validating your feed? If that doesn't solve the problem, can you reply to this thread with a list of your active plugins?

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2009, 11:12:21 am »
Here is a list of my plug-ins.  I took a screenshot:

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2009, 12:25:02 pm »
Not sure if this helps, but I also have this feed:

http://profilingguru.com//podcast/

I re-registered this Feed with iTunes, but within Blubrry, I don't see how I can edit my feed:

Podcast Feeds
Podcast Channel Feeds    

Special Podcast only Feed: http://profilingguru.com/feed/podcast/ | validate

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2009, 02:52:34 pm »
I've tested most all of the plugins above that could have affected the feed except for the Psychic Search plugin. That plugin requires an account. I'm also not sure how two search plugins work together, but it may be that I don't understand exactly what the Psychic Search plugin does.

The url http://profilingguru.com/podcast/ does work as your podcast feed, which is very strange. It almost makes me think your permalinks settings are out of whack. One way to check is to go into the permalinks settings page and click save once, which resets the permalinks.

A few other items you can check: 1. Make sure there are no funny rewrite or redirect lines in your .htaccess file in the root of your web site folder. 2. Try disabling each plugin one by one and then try to validate your podcast feed at feedvalidator.org to see if the 403 error goes away. 3. Download all of the plugins and do a search for the number 403 (if you can find out what plugin is setting the 403 error, I can further investigate that plugin with PowerPress to see what is happening).

The other URL you can use to access your podcast feed is http://profilingguru.com/?feed=podcast. This does not return the 403 error.

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2009, 04:06:47 pm »
Here is something strange.

Under WP-Security Admin Tools are get the following message:  The file .htaccess does not exist in wp-admin/.

Also, how to you set the Pocast Channel Feeds in blubrry?  The one I have is still not the correct one.

Brian

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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2009, 04:37:25 pm »
FYI - I was just reading up on .htaccess, something I've never messed around with.  Godaddy my host does not allow acess.  I got this off of Wordpress:

  Where's my .htaccess file?

Wordpress's index.php and .htaccess files should be together in the directory indicated by the Blog address (URI) setting on your General Options page. Since the name of the file begins with a dot, the file may not be visible through an FTP client unless you change the preferences of the FTP tool to show all files, including the hidden files. Some hosts (e.g. Godaddy) may not show or allow you to edit .htaccess if you install WordPress through the Godaddy Hosting Connection installation.

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2009, 04:50:45 pm »
I found my .htaccess file and here is what it says:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress


I found a forum where someone says with Goddaddy you need to add the following code to this file.

Options +ExecCGI

I am WAAAAAAAAAY over my head.

By the way the Psychic Search plugin I just added after my trouble with the 403 error.  I turned off and on about half the plugins so far and no luck.

Brian

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2009, 09:23:03 am »
You cannot change feed addresses. If you do not have permalinks enabled, your feed will always be example.com/?feed=rss2 and the podcast feed PowerPress adds will be example.com?feed=podcast. If you have permalinks enabled, your main feed will be example.com/feed/ and your PowerPress podcast feed will be example.com/feed/podcast/ In your case something is happening and example.com/podcast/ appears to be your valid feed. Either way, I would recommend simply using your non-permalinks podcast feed which is http://profilingguru.com/?feed=podcast.

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2009, 07:29:52 pm »
Angelo,

How do I change the Powerpress link in Wordpress?  It populates automatically and I cannot see how to edit the link:

Podcast Channel Feeds    

Special Podcast only Feed: http://profilingguru.com/feed/podcast/ | validate

I've deactivated and deleted and reinstalled, but still get the same link to populate.

I tried changing my permalinks which was a disaster, so I set it back.

Brian

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2009, 10:21:37 am »
You cannot change the PowerPress link in WordPress

With Permalinks enabled, your feed will always be example.com/?feed=rss2 and the podcast feed PowerPress adds will be example.com/?feed=podcast. If you have permalinks enabled, your main feed will be example.com/feed/ and your PowerPress podcast feed will be example.com/feed/podcast/ In your case something is happening and example.com/podcast/ appears to be your valid feed.

Again, I would recommend simply using your non-permalinks podcast feed which is http://profilingguru.com/?feed=podcast.

If you are having problems with turning on/off permalinks, you most likely have other problems with your WordPress installation that go beyond using PowerPress. We do not provide support for WordPress, only our PowerPress plugin.

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2009, 08:12:49 pm »
You have been great.  Thanks for all the help.  Well I got everything to finally validate.  The answer was to uninstall plugins one-by-one and reinstall.  I also trashed a few, so not really sure exactly what was the actual cause.

I do have a problem though.  The Blubrry Player shows, but when you click to play, only a sliver of the viewer remains.  You can hear audio but no visual.  I will leave an example up: 

http://profilingguru.com/reflow/increasing-reflow-oven-throughput/

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Re: 403 Error Validation
« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2009, 10:05:20 am »
Quicktime does not display video unless the video window/div size is equal to or larger than the video size. So if your video is 320 x 240, then you need to set the Video Width to 320 and Video Height to 240 in the PowerPress > Appearance settings page.