The problem with FeedBurner and the validator seem to be unrelated. I
suggest reposting in the FeedBurner help forum as well.
http://groups.google.com/group/feedburner

The biggest problem I recognize is the validator error, where you
have leading whitespace before the XML decl. I believe you can fix
this by editing your Wordpress RSS feed template and removing the
leading white manually. All the spaces and line breaks before the <?
xml.

Having a blank GUID can also be problematic. You may want to replace
your current feed template with one of the defaults.

Hope this helps,

Randy
http://www.therssweblog.com


--- In rss-public@yahoogroups.com, "Blake Burdette" <burdette82@...>
wrote:
>
> When I try to get feedburner to identify my feed:
>
> http://lovejanice.com/blog/feed/
>
> I get this problem:
>
> The feed address you entered includes an invalid leading or
trailing character in the
> hostname. FeedBurner cannot resolve an address with leading or
trailing punctuation. Try
> providing your feed's unique IP address to avoid this problem.
>
> So, I tried validating my feed with W3.org and I get these
problems... please help!
>
> Sorry
>
> This feed does not validate.
> line 1, column 1: Blank line before XML declaration [help]
>
> ^
> In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers
could be improved by
> implementing the following recommendations.
> line 12, column 102: Self reference doesn't match document location
[help]
> ... rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
> ^
> line 36, column 0: description should not contain script tag (4
occurrences) [help]
> <description><![CDATA[<div style="float: right;
width: 42px; padding-right ...
> line 51, column 0: content:encoded should not contain script tag (4
occurrences) [help]
> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:
right; width: 42px; padding-
> ...
> line 97, column 28: guid should not be blank [help]
> <guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
> ^
> Source: http://lovejanice.com/blog/feed/
>
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <rss version="2.0"
> xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
> xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
> xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
> xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
> >
>
> <channel>
> <title>Love Janice</title>
> <atom:link href="http://lovejanice.com/blog/index.php/feed/"
rel="self"
> type="application/rss+xml" />
> <link>http://lovejanice.com/blog</link>
> <description>The Official Site &#38; Blog of Janice
Dickinson - the World's First
> Supermodel.</description>
> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6</generator>
> <language>en</language>
> <item>
> <title>A Quick Trip To Rite Aid and 5 Tips To look
Younger</title>
>
<link>http://lovejanice.com/blog/2008/08/12/quicktriptoriteaid/</link>
>
<comments>http://lovejanice.com/blog/2008/08/12/quicktriptoriteaid/#co
mments</co
> mments>
> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
> <dc:creator>Janice Dickinson</dc:creator>
> <category><![CDATA[Beauty]]></category>
>
> <category><![CDATA[Janice's Top List]]></category>
>
> <category><![CDATA[Make-up]]></category>
>
> <category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
>
> <category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
>
> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://lovejanice.com/blog/?
p=28</guid>
> <description><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; width: 42px;
padding-right: 10px;
> margin: 0 0 0 10px;"><script type="text/javascript">
> <!--
> digg_url
= 'http://lovejanice.com/blog/2008/08/12/quicktriptoriteaid/';
> digg_bgcolor = '';
> digg_skin = '';
> digg_window = '';
> digg_title = 'A Quick Trip To Rite Aid and 5 Tips To look Younger';
> digg_bodytext = '';
> digg_media = '';
> digg_topic = '';
> //-->
> </script>
> <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
> </div>
> Well I know it may sound a bit shocking, but I actually do go
shopping at Rite Aid as
> often as I can. What can I say, I love a good pharmacy shopping
spree. It&#8217;s like a
> product bananza in there. I am often am asked about the products I
[...]]]></description>
> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float: right; width:
42px; padding-right:
> 10px; margin: 0 0 0 10px;"><script type="text/javascript">
>