[MiniMoe]

For the last few days, when I click on a link in any MacWorld RSS feed article, I get a "Failed to open page" in Safari. It says, " Safari can?t open the page ?http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=4edb206c982f2a52415e18f7958d04c3? because it?s an invalid address. "

I hate to shut off the MacWorld feed, but it's become worthless to me.

[JBrightman]

Hey MiniMoe,

Sorry you're RSS isn't working. The link you added to your post seems to have a %94 added at the end and doesn't work. If you copy that link into the browser it is working. So the question is, how did that bit get in your feed? We haven't gotten any complaints which indicates a more local issue. So can you tell us what feed you subscribed to (we have a lot http://www.macworld.com/feeds/index) and what rss reader you're using? We'll try to help get the problem figured out and fixed.

JasonB

[MiniMoe]

The RSS link I am using in Safari is:

feed://feeds.macworld.com/macworld/all

I don't know how the %94 got in there. I am pasting plain text from the Safari error page from trying to get the article on ripping DVDs. Here, I'll paste it again. There's no %94 in what I copied.

http://rss.macworld....15e18f7958d04c3

[MiniMoe]

No %94 that time.

I can get to http://rss.macworld.com

It's a crude looking page with links for
Home
Your Account
Help
Our Blog
About Us

Clicking on Home, Your Account and About Us result in an unknown feed name error.

Clicking on Help or Our Blog results in a safariadblock:block in my address bar

[txwalrus]

I have been having problems with the same feed in Safari as well...

http://rss.macworld....f1b94900b517284

Safari can?t open the page because it?s an invalid address

I also have Adblock installed - I'll uninstall it and try again. All of my other RSS feeds work fine - MacWorld isn't

[txwalrus]

Ok.... it's Adblock causing the problem - disabled Adblock and the links in the RSS feed work.

[MiniMoe]

Same here. I disabled Adblock and the MacWorld RSS links are working.

I'd characterize the problem as being something MacWorld changed because their feed was working before with Adblock.

I'll do without MacWorld before I'll uninstall Adblock. It's needed on several sites I visit and there are other RSS sources of Mac news.

Thanks, txwalrus.

[fmlogue]

Interesting, with AdBlock enabled I get an an invalid address error, and the URL is http://rss.macworld....4c3958a3f493a9. With AdBlock disabled I get to the article and the URL is http://www.macworld....?lsrc=rss_main. Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on? My intention is to keep AdBlock and forgo MacWorld. Since they want me to see their ads, I guess it's a fair trade off for them, although since I subscribe to the Magazine, I figure I get to see their ads.

[philwebster]

I was having this problem as well and was able to fix it by going into the Adblock preferences and making a custom filter to not block anything on pages whose url starts with http:// rss.macworld.
Hope that helps.

[faxvaag]

I added a custom filter for www.pheedo.com to adblock and it made the macworld feed work again. Just adding rss.macworld didn't work.

[MiniMoe]

Adding an allow filter for rss.macworld.com did nothing for me.

Adding an allow filter for www.pheedo.com (without the above allow filter) DID fix the problem. Thanks.

Adding filters to block doubleclick.net (which I already had) and loomia.com did not break anything.

[philwebster]

Thanks, I knew something wasn't right.

[ajobes]

Hi,

Exact same problem for me, started about a week or so ago too.

I've tried disabling adblock and the various custom filters mentioned above and no difference. I also tried using internet explorer on windows at work and the same thing:

On address: http://rss.macworld....9ba13d353dd9c2e

Safari can?t connect to the server.
Safari can?t open the page ?http://rss.macworld.com/click.phdo?i=23f513ae76f5ec8ac9ba13d353dd9c2e? because it could not connect to the server ?rss.macworld.com?.

I can go to rss.macworld.com and get the same crude white page so connection there isn't the problem.

Please help as it's very annoying!

Thanks,

Andrew

[exias]

Same problem here. The only way to fix it is to totally disable AdBlock, adding an allow filter for www.pheedo.com doesn't help...