Windows Live Product Search Contribution Support Thread

[tapupartforpres]

Hey I was wondering if anyone had an answer. I installed the MSN files fine and when I start the process to make the xml file it says all my 399 products were created fine. Then when I go to view the contents I am getting this error, I am wondering if is it because of the ampersand in the image file name. Thank you.

p.s. this seems to me that this is also why I cannot upload the file FTP to MSN Live? Thanks

XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/feed/lps.xml
Line Number 2014, Column 82:<ReferenceImageURL>http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/ima...pinkgrapefruit & honey Small Web view.jpg</ReferenceImageURL>

[numinix]

It is a bug regarding images with spaces. I will fix this when I have time...

If you manually edit the feed file for that line and add % instead of the blank space, do you still get the parsing error for that line?

[tapupartforpres]

It seems like I am getting that error still and the arrow from the error code is stopping right at the second ?.

<ReferenceImageURL>http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/images/winks-pinkgrapefruit&&&honey&Small&Web&view.jpg</ReferenceImageURL>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^

[numinix]

I said % and you put &...

[numinix]

http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/ima...Web%20view.jpg

I made a mistake also, should be %20
If that works I'll put it into the code. I'm not sure if XML supports the % though or not.

Otherwise, try with " " around the entire url.

[tapupartforpres]

Yea I now put the percentage signs in there and is still doing it.

<ReferenceImageURL>http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/images/winks-pinkgrapefruit%&%honey%Small%Web%view.jpg</ReferenceImageURL>
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[tapupartforpres]

I also changed the " " around the entire url with and without the % sign?

<ReferenceImageURL>"http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/images/winks-pinkgrapefruit & honey Small Web view.jpg"</ReferenceImageURL>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------^

<ReferenceImageURL>"http://www.cravebeautyonline.com/images/winks-pinkgrapefruit%&%honey%Small%Web%view.jpg"</ReferenceImageURL>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------^

What do you think?

[tapupartforpres]

Hey Num, I really appreciate your help more than you know. Do you think I will have the same problem if I use the Amazon feeder? Thanks

[tapupartforpres]

try to have the customer go in and change the image names but about half the products have spaces in them (the ones she did).

[numinix]

Read my post again. I said "%20". I originally said "%", but that is a mistake.