Why does the feed that I just added not look like I expect?

Submitted by eric on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 21:51

Identify the feed URL for the feed in question and paste the feed URL into a browser. This URL is what DoggCatcher will load to display the feed.

Feed description
You should see a description of the feed at the top.

Number of items
If you expect to see a particular item in DoggCatcher but it is missing, verify that it is in the feed. Some feeds only publish items going back so far while some feeds only publish one item.

Audio files
There should be links to audio files next to each item.

If what you see looks like a normal web page without the structure that is described above, it's probably not an RSS URL, but you may be able to locate the RSS URL on that page or close by.