[wp-testers] Feeds not publishing on 2.5.1

[Matt Moore]

To change the db_version you browse to 
http://example.com/wp-admin/options.php, don't change it in the actual 
file on the server.


Kirk M wrote:
> Matt Moore wrote:
>> That fixed it, thank you.
>>
>>
>> DD32 wrote:
>>> I've re-opened the bug with a patch
>>> http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/6460/6460.diff
>>>
>>> If you remove the slashes, and then force a DB Upgrade, it should 
>>> work Allright
>>>
>>> To force a database upgrade:
>>> Browse to /wp-admin/options.php
>>> Scroll down to "db_version"
>>> Set it to a number one below current, eg, mine is 7796 so i'd set it 
>>> to 7795
>>> Hit save changes
>>> Continue to upgrade the DB and try the feeds again.
> DD32,
> 
> Okay, I have to admit I'm confused here perhaps you could clear a couple 
> things up for me.
> 
> I've checked a couple blogs that I'm very familiar with against my own 
> (none have their installs in it's own directory BTW ie: no "/wordpress/" 
> in the url and all feeds are populated correctly) just to see what there 
> was to see. We're all running on the same hosting service, same PHP & 
> SQL version etc.
> 
> The first blog I checked is running 2.3.3 and shows the following feeds 
> when checked in Firefox's "Page info"
> 
> (Theme is "K2")
> 
> RSS 2.0 (feed url has "/feed/" at the end)
> RSS .92 (feed url has "/feed/rss/" at the end)
> Atom .03 (feed url has "/feed/atom/" at the end)
> 
> The other is running 2.5 and shows only:
> 
> (Theme is "Misty Look")
> 
> RSS (feed url has "/?feed=rss2" at the end)
> 
> Mine running on 2.5.1 however, shows:
> 
> (Theme is "Blog.txt")
> 
> RSS (feed url has "/feed/" at the end)
> RSS (feed url has "/comments/feed/" at the end)
> 
> I'm the only one who shows a comments feed but my feeds are not 
> identified as to what type. The second blog only has a single 
> type-identified posts feed and the first identifies the types of posts 
> feeds but also has no comments feed. So which one is correct? Is it a 
> function of the theme as to which feeds are allowed out of the site? 
> I've never really known exactly how much the theme affects feeds.
> 
> Also, in your fix for the empty feeds problem the "db-version" is 
> located in "/wp-includes/version.php" not "/wp-admin/options.php" in 
> 2.5.1 or have I missed something here? :)
> 
> 
> 
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