Can't get RSS feeds to work with Google Profile

RogersDA

It's is working sporadically now. I used the boxee feed and got images in my profile.

http://www.google.com/profiles/greyleafphoto#about

The above will eventually have a different link to some better images.

Andy

RogersDA wrote: »

It's is working sporadically now. I used the boxee feed and got images in my profile.

http://www.google.com/profiles/greyleafphoto#about

The above will eventually have a different link to some better images.

Crazy that they don't support the standard RSS feed. I used Boxee feed from Share>get a link on my SmugMug page and it works great. Thanks for the tip!

RogersDA

Andy wrote: »

Crazy that they don't support the standard RSS feed. I used Boxee feed from Share>get a link on my SmugMug page and it works great. Thanks for the tip!

But - it has since failed with that same feed link. Can you check my profile to see if you see the photos, Andy?

RogersDA

I will also say that the Create A Feed Wizard does not allow for creating a boxee feed - only RSS, Atom, and Google Maps.

I --should-- be able to change the format=RSS200 to format=boxee, but others may not know to do that.

Also - I really have no idea of the differences between the various feeds. D

havanese

I don't see your pictures David...

Andy

havanese wrote: »

I don't see your pictures David...

http://www.google.com/profiles/awilliamsny

havanese

I did the boxee feed..lets see how long it will last...it's working as of right now

http://www.google.com/profiles/randypollock

havanese

Andy wrote: »

http://www.google.com/profiles/awilliamsny

I see yours Andy, I think David's was working then it stopped for some reason

RogersDA

havanese wrote:

...I think David's was working then it stopped for some reason

dunnodunno I am so irrked. scratch

RogersDA

O.k.
Some time ago I added my recent gallery RSS feed to Mac Mail. I can see a thumbnail of the recent photos in Mac Mail.

So I added the boxee feed for a gallery to Mac Mail. The feed takes, but the images (thumbnails) are not showing in Mac Mail.

The gallery has external links on, and share enabled.

RogersDA

Picked a new gallery and used that boxee feed. Now all seems good again.

havanese

Yeah it's up and down

The main points here

1. From the buzz conversation they know of some bugs
2. Main RSS feeds at SM should work but don't
3. Boxee link feeds sometimes work which isn't the answer we need
4. Google guys will hopefully get back to us next week with a solution

Good to see some movement on this after such a long time...I forgot when I first posted about this

Andy

havanese wrote: »

3. Boxee link feeds sometimes work which isn't the answer we need

Working in all browsers for me. http://google.com/profiles/awilliamsny

havanese

Andy wrote: »

Working in all browsers for me. http://google.com/profiles/awilliamsny

Yes it does for me too...I was just saying that sometimes when you bring it up the pics are not there.

Andy

havanese wrote: »

Yes it does for me too...I was just saying that sometimes when you bring it up the pics are not there.

Can you tell me if it's not working? I can't see any reason why the feed wouldn't work.

havanese

Andy wrote: »

Can you tell me if it's not working? I can't see any reason why the feed wouldn't work.

Yes the next time I check it and it doesn't work I'll grab a capture and post it.

RogersDA

I created a temp gallery to try out the boxee feed in Google Profile.

I used this feed URL:
http://www.greyleafphoto.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=8696379_4hCtf&format=boxee

It worked as I posted above. Then, I changed the feed URL to another gallery (my flora gallery). This new feed didn't work, perhaps because external links were off. So, I changed it back to the above feed URL. When I did this the above feed URL would be found - but the photos would not display again. Ever.

So I enabled external links for the flora gallery, and then copied it's feed URL to my Google Profile. Wow - it worked.
http://www.greyleafphoto.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=4413036_8FS3M&format=boxee

So - I tried the original feed URL again. It still does not work (Google finds it - but the photos will not be displayed). I copied the flora feed URL, and now it does not work (Google finds it - but the photos will not be displayed).

I have tried everything - deleting the feeds, deleting the photos (in the Google Profile). Alas, the above two feeds will not work.

It seems that Google is flagging the feeds in some manner to keep them from being reused if you delete them from your profile.

scratch

RogersDA

Today I re-copied one of the older boxee feeds. Rather than get the No Photos in Feed error message I get this:

Oops. We couldn't retrieve your photos. Please try again in a few minutes.

Maybe Google is getting close to fixing something?

WinsomeWorks

RogersDA wrote: »

I created a temp gallery to try out the boxee feed in Google Profile....... It still does not work (Google finds it - but the photos will not be displayed). I copied the flora feed URL, and now it does not work (Google finds it - but the photos will not be displayed).

I have tried everything - deleting the feeds, deleting the photos (in the Google Profile). Alas, the above two feeds will not work.

It seems that Google is flagging the feeds in some manner to keep them from being reused if you delete them from your profile.

scratch

I wish I'd have read this more thoroughly before I tried adding photos to my Google Profile. I seem to have a similar problem. Currently I can't get any feeds to work. I tried RSS , Atom, Boxee, etc. I don't know what any of these things are, exactly (or I mean, I don't understand the workings of them) but the only one that gave a glimmer of hope was Boxee. I used the link I found for Boxee within my "Share> Get a Link" button. I tried using it within my Portfolio Gallery. First, I had no problem... I copied the Boxee link & it found the feed & displayed the photos. However, it only displayed 15 or so, & I thought there would be some way to get more photos to show. (I don't know how it chose those particular 10 photos from the gallery) So I stupidly deleted the link from my profile. When I tried copying & pasting it again, it appeared to find the feed but now won't display any photos. Now I see that some others of you are unable to get photos to display after deleting a link. Shucks. Any updates here, or anything I can try? ETA: Ahhh, now I see that those photos which WERE displaying earlier were the 20 photos from page one of my gallery, probably because that was the page I was on when I copied the Boxee feed link. Here's my Portfolio gallery link: http://www.winsomeworks.com/Portfolio/AnnaLisaYoder-PhotoFavorites/6704667_LAjfv#268304062_UN9w4

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

I wish I'd have read

Hi. I want to help. In order to do that, I'd really need to see your google profile link.

WinsomeWorks

Finding Google Profile

Andy wrote: »

Hi. I want to help. In order to do that, I'd really need to see your google profile link.

Sorry, Andy-- I thought anyone could just see it if they searched & didn't realize I needed to give a link. But just now when I was trying to even find it myself, I had no idea how to find it. I don't even know how I found it before. At this point, I'm trying to figure out what the point of it is anyway if no one can find it easily?? Anyway, I think this is it: http://www.google.com/profiles/AnnaLisaYoderWinsomeWorks

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

Sorry, Andy-- I thought anyone could just see it if they searched & didn't realize I needed to give a link. But just now when I was trying to even find it myself, I had no idea how to find it. I don't even know how I found it before. At this point, I'm trying to figure out what the point of it is anyway if no one can find it easily?? Anyway, I think this is it: http://www.google.com/profiles/AnnaLisaYoderWinsomeWorks

Please put that boxee feed back, thanks.

Works perfectly here http://www.google.com/profiles/awilliamsny

WinsomeWorks

Andy wrote: »

Please put that boxee feed back, thanks.

Works perfectly here http://www.google.com/profiles/awilliamsny

Andy, the Boxee feed is still there. I never removed it. I double-checked to be sure it was there. Yes, I can see yours fine. The problem is evidently what someone reported earlier.... that if you remove it and then try to install again, it won't show. Perhaps Google is doing something to block it the second time 'round? If I click on the "edit photos" link, I can see that this is the URL that I have in the URL box: http://www.winsomeworks.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=6704667_LAjfv&format=boxee

WinsomeWorks

Any ideas? Mine still is not working. I even tried "deleting photos" to see if it would be like starting over, but still nothing. the Boxee feed line is still there, btw. Just to let you know, I did send a complaint message to Google through the Help message box they have. I also put a message on their suggestions-kind-of-forum . If lots of others are having this problem, I hope you'll do the same. But as someone else said, if this is a Google problem & SmugMug has standard feeds, I think it would be much more helpful if someone high up in the Smug heirarchy would be talking to Google about this. It's frustrating that the standard feeds don't work. And even with Boxee (on yours as well, Andy) only images from what I presume is the first page of your gallery seem to show. Shouldn't more be showing? [ETA: ohhh, I see Andy's out for a fun week of shooting! This can wait, obviously! Hope you're having a blast, Andy!]

WinsomeWorks

Suggestions anyone? Is someone with clout communicating with Google about this?

WinsomeWorks

I would still like to have some help for this. If no one has any ideas, I would at least like to know that SmugMug higher-ups are communicating with Google over this. I still have the boxee feed there, and posted my link down below. So it should be working, but it's not. Has anyone else had progress? Andy, I hope you read the post(s) from me & others that mentioned that the issue seems connected to getting rid of & then trying to replace your feed.

Andy

WinsomeWorks wrote: »

I would still like to have some help for this. If no one has any ideas, I would at least like to know that SmugMug higher-ups are communicating with Google over this. I still have the boxee feed there, and posted my link down below. So it should be working, but it's not. Has anyone else had progress? Andy, I hope you read the post(s) from me & others that mentioned that the issue seems connected to getting rid of & then trying to replace your feed.

I don't know what to say It works here http://www.google.com/profiles/awilliamsny and I use the very same Boxee feed as you're trying.

RogersDA

Yeah Andy - but have you ever deleted that boxee feed and replaced with something else, then gone back to the original boxee feed?

Andy

We'll keep trying. But Google clearly isn't doing the right thing here. Our feeds just work. Except in google profiles.

RogersDA

Andy wrote: »

...But Google clearly isn't doing the right thing here. Our feeds just work. Except in google profiles.

Agreed - and they admitted as much in Baldy's buzz post. I think this is so low on Google's radar that it's not worth it to them to dedicate any resources to it. No matter - I killed my profile. Not worth it.