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Yes, the tired subject of Portal Blocks. I've searched this site and googled (finding alot of geeklogs with similar problems) and have only been able to find a few suggestions.

I've done all the suggestions, and am still left with the informative error of: Geeklog can not reach the feed at...

I've checked the allow_url_fopen within PHP, and it's set to on. I've set it within php.ini, and I've tried setting up a .htaccess file with php_flag allow_url_fopen on .

I've tried every suggestion I've come across with no luck. I control the whole server, so if there are any additional fixes that may be applied to resolve this problem, please feel free to suggest them.

It's a FreeBSD 5.2.1 Server
Running Apache 1.3.31
Compiled w/ PHP 4.3.8
Running GeekLog 1.3.9.sr1

Any assistance would be appreciated! Thanks. -Tom

I'm trying to get to the thinkgeek.com and am able to pull down the feed file via lynx but, not through geeklog.

-Tom

Have you restarted the server afterwards?

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Geeklog Polish Support Team

Yes, I've restarted apache.

I just restarted it for grins and giggles, I deleted the thinkgeek block, and recreated it. The results were the same.

-Tom

Could you post the link to the feed?

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Geeklog Polish Support Team

http://www.thinkgeek.com/thinkgeek.rdf

Works for me (locally: MacOS X, Apache 1.3.31, PHP 5.0.1).

bye, Dirk

Thanks for the confirmation that it's a working feed, but I was pretty sure it was working from the thinkgeek side.

Is there a special / specific location the .htaccess file would go to allow it to take effect? I have it currently at the base of my htdocs folder which is the base of my geeklog installation.

Any other suggestions or recommendations?

-Tom

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Geeklog Polish Support Team

Since it's your own server: Why not enable it in php.ini directly?

bye, Dirk

It is enabled within php.ini, and as I stated originally, the phpinfo() says that allow_url_fopen is "on".

Basicly, I'm grasping for straws.

I think I'm going to upgrade to PHP5 and give it a try. I think this may be a bug in my version of PHP.

Unless anyone has any other suggestions?

-TomR

Upgrading to PHP 5 solved the problem, my feed is working now.

Thanks for the insight folks.

-Tom