thank you so mcuh - I have fixed the first error - but after reading and 
trying to implement the 2nd fix, I'm off again -

the error now reads:
#line 3, column 0: Undefined rss element: rss
    <rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" 
version="2.0">

line 329, column 6: XML parsing error: <unknown>:330:2: mismatched tag
    </rss>

My first 3 lines read:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" 
version="2.0">

and the bottom reads
<atom:link href="http://passionfortruth.com/feed.xml" rel="self" 
type="application/rss+xml" />
</rss>
</channel>

what am I doing wrong? I've tried taking out the first rrs line in the top 
section - that led to more errors - took out the 2nd rss line - more 
errors - took out the /channel at the bottom....more errors...

thanks
Pam


"Martin Honnen" <mahotrash@y...> wrote in message 
news:eJPdrF3DJHA.1228@T......
> Pam wrote:
>> I keep getting this error and have been trying to figure it out for a 
>> while and hundreds of searches later - can anyone help me please? the url 
>> is http://www.passionfortruth.com/feed.xml and the errors are:
>>
>> This feed does not validate.
>>
>>      line 136, column 70: guid values must not be duplicated within a 
>> feed: http://www.passion-for-truth.com/Audio-Faith/Beyond-Faith.mp3
>> 
>> <guid>http://www.passion-for-truth.com/Audio-Faith/Beyond-Faith.mp3</guid>
>> 
>> ^
>
> You have two item elements with the same guid, one with title 'Who Are the 
> Chosen People', the other with title 'Beyond Faith'. A guid should 
> uniquely identify an item.
>
>
>> In addition, interoperability with the widest range of feed readers could 
>> be improved by implementing the following recommendation.
>>
>>          line 328, column 0: Missing atom:link with rel="self"
>>
>>          </channel>
>
> Well http://www.feedvalidator.org/docs/warning/MissingAtomSelfLink.html 
> explains the pretty well, doesn't it?
>
> -- 
>
> Martin Honnen --- MVP XML
> http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/