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Invalid GET Data from Feedburner

hello — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:44:12 +0000

I was receiving feed updates from simplechurch.eu via Google Reader. Whenever I clicked on the title of the post, I would find myself staring at a white page with the text:
Invalid GET Data
While the feed was generated by an ExpressionEngine RSS template file, and combined with other feeds using Yahoo! Pipes, the distribution of the feed was being handled by Feedburner.

So I searched around a little and found this quick solution to this problem. Here’s how I fixed it, step by step:

Log into your Feedburner Account
Click on the feed you wish to fix
On the first page (Analyze) click Configure Stats
Beneath Track Clicks As A Traffic Source In Google Analytics click Customize…
In the box labeled Campaign you should see: Feed: ${feedUri} (${feedName})
Remove the round brackets, so that it reads: Feed: ${feedUri} ${feedName}
Click Close and then Save. Your feed should now work.

Setting up Google Apps (Gmail) on Media Temple’s Grid-Service (gs)

hello — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:23:29 +0000

Love the features and benefits of Gmail, but want your own custom email address? Google Apps make this possible. Here’s a little tutorial on setting up Gmail as the Mailbox for your Media Temple Grid-Service account (don’t forget to replace ‘yourdomainname.com’ with your actual domain name!)

Visit Google Apps and sign up for an account

Click here and fill out the documentation relating to your domain name.

Change the MX Records for your domain to point to Google’s mail server

Log in at http://ac.mediatemple.net
Click on the domain you wish to edit
Click Edit Zone File
Create 5 MX records with the following values:
- 1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
- 5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
- 5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
- 10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
- 10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
Click Save

Create a mail.yourdomainname.com folder in your domains folder.

Our next goal is to make sure that when a user visits mail.yourdomainname.com your Google Mail page is displayed.

In your FTP client browse to your domains folder.
Create a new folder called mail.yourdomainname.com
Within that folder create another folder called html

Create a .htaccess file with a 301 redirect.

When someone types in mail.yourdomainname.com we want them to be redirected to http://google.com/a/yourdomainname.com. The file we use to do this is called a .htaccessfile.

Create a file within your html folder (created in the last step) and name it .htaccess
Open the .htaccess file in your FTP client and add the following line: redirect 301 / http://mail.google.com/a/yourdomainname.com/
Save the file

Now you can navigate to mail.yourdomainname.com and manage your email.

Norm Murray & Associates

hello — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:31:57 +0000

Graphic Design, Logo/Identity, xHTML, CSS, Wordpress

Site for a management consultancy. Launched in 2008.

Make Things Fair

hello — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:26:18 +0000

Graphic Design, Logo/Identity, xHTML, CSS, Wordpress

This blog addresses issues of human trafficking and consumerism, profiling good and bad brands and highlighting world issues.

Hope Church, Cardiff

hello — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:42:18 +0000

Graphic Design, Logo/Identity, xHTML, CSS, ExpressionEngine

The website of Hope Church Cardiff, a community of faith in Wales’ capital city. The site is intended to act as an online connecting point for the community, incorporating a blog, diary, podcast and interesting links for members and visitors to check out.

This site was launched on the 26th April.

simplechurch.eu

hello — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:51:52 +0000

Graphic Design, Logo/Identity, xHTML, CSS, ExpressionEngine

simplechurch.eu is a network of networks, a hub for those involved with movements of simple churches throughout Europe. LCK were commissioned to design the site from the bottom up, to provide a design which was simple, user friendly, and which allowed for content scalability.

This site will be launched in May 2009.

All Nations, Southern Africa

hello — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:07:17 +0000

Graphic Design, xHTML, CSS, ExpressionEngine

All Nations are an NGO working among the poorest members of society in Cape Town, South Africa. They are develop life changing communities of faith, assist entrepreneurs and train leaders.

This site was designed and developed by Looks Can Kill.