DBR RSS Feed

[HaveFunExpectToWin]

Anyone know why a bunch of ampersands sometimes show up in Google Reader for the DBR's Headlines?

Here are two examples, one with the problem, the other without:

"Duke A.D. Kevin White is an interesting guy. Check out his comments in this interview from the N Pretty clearly he is intrigued by Duke and sees a lot of great opportunities here. This mag is a DBR joint! </td> </tr> </tbody>& amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/table> </center>"


"When Shane Battier came into the league, people said he was going to be a role player and nothing more. Well, he's become a lot more than that. With the addition of Ron Artest, the Rockets have two of the best defenders around, and, in many respects, have taken on ..."

[-jk]

No idea. Are you using the RSS or Atom feed?

-jk

[DevilAlumna]

I was seeing it on the RSS feed that had the advert for the Tip-Off mag included. It's not in the last two posts to the RSS feed.

See attached for screenshot. (IE7 RSS reader.)

[-jk]

The WordPress back engine creates the rss text by truncating the full text of each article. I think if the full article is so short it doesn't get truncated, part or all of the image comes in with it causing the amps. It should be harmless (other than looking bad).

We haven't worked with the RSS too much; it's there to give you an idea of the post, not replace it.

-jk