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crmpicco · 03-30-2012, 05:51 PM

I have an issue with my Google Product Feed where I am getting two warnings when using the W3 XML validator. The two warnings are:

Warning Missing "charset" attribute for "text/xml" document.
Warning No DOCTYPE found! Checking XML syntax only.

This is the top two lines of my XML file:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" charset="UTF-8">

I added the charset to the rss tag in an effort to clear the warnings. I passed the validation, but I think I need to clear these warnings for Google to accept the feed.

Thanks.

03-30-2012, 05:51 PM	PM User \| #1
crmpicco Senior Coder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mauchline, Scotland Posts: 1,091 Thanks: 15 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Missing charset for text/xml document - w3 XML validation I have an issue with my Google Product Feed where I am getting two warnings when using the W3 XML validator. The two warnings are: Warning Missing "charset" attribute for "text/xml" document. Warning No DOCTYPE found! Checking XML syntax only. This is the top two lines of my XML file: Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0" charset="UTF-8"> I added the charset to the rss tag in an effort to clear the warnings. I passed the validation, but I think I need to clear these warnings for Google to accept the feed. Thanks. __________________ Zend Certified Engineer \| Ayrshire Minis - a Mini E-Community \| Ballochmyle Web Solutions