[wp-testers] Feeds not publishing on 2.5.1

[Kirk M]

DD32 wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:51:34 +1000, Kirk M <kmb42vt at gmail.com> 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.
>
>
> In WordPress there are 3 main ways to access a feed:
> /feed/ = With permalinks
> ?feed=rss2 = For those without permalinks
> wp-rss2.php = Directly load rss2
>
> Some themes use the hardcoded filename, I believe that might be a left 
> over from the old days, I'm not sure.
> But the most common use of it today is for directing feeds offsite, Eg,
> Many people will have /feed/ and ?feed=rss2 redirected to feedburner, 
> But feedburner still needs to access it on the original site, So 
> feedburner loads the rss feed via wp-rss2.php instead.
>
> In this case, /feed/ and ?feed would continue working, but wp-rss2.php 
> was showing a blank feed.
>
> I think others have answered your other questions :)
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Ah, that jives with what I saw in my header.php which appears to control 
what feeds are detected by a browser and also explains why the other two 
blogs were different from mine, one of which was not using permalinks. I 
"burned" my feeds from day one, I just never dug into exactly how feeds 
worked and how they might be controlled by a theme template.

Thanks for the info! A little bit wiser I am. :)