Title: Feedburner UTF-8 errors
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Feedburner UTF-8 errors

 *  Resolved [tylerstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tylerstyle/)
 * (@tylerstyle)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedburner-utf-8-errors/)
 * OK, after 4 hours of trying, I’m giving up and posting here. I’ve seen a related
   topic on this but it went unresolved.
 * My problem is this:
 * I’m trying to use the Feedburner plugin but it won’t acknowledge my feed because
   I have invalid characters (UTF-8 errors) for the RSS feed.
 * After much too much searching, I gather that this is because I use Word as my
   editor and then use the “post from word” feature in WordPress management.
 * On the google forums, they basically said I need go put everything in Notepad
   and then re-upload it. Are you kidding me? There must be an easier way. I have
   hyperlinks, bolds, and underlines all over the place.
 * And, its hard to know exactly where the problems are. The feedback validator 
   gives info such as this:
 * column 31: ‘utf8’ codec can’t decode bytes in position 7791-7792: invalid data(
   maybe a high-bit character?) [help] <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> …blah, blah,
   blah.
 * There must be some workaround. Reuploading and editing everything will take forever!
 * And one other question? What is the recommended way to create/edit content to
   avoid this problem? I don’t want to use notepad for editing (no hyperlinks and
   horrible to look at) and I like to create content offline.
 * Please, please someone out there in WordPress land shed some light on this issue
   for me.
 * Thanks a bunch in advance,
    Richard

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 *  Thread Starter [tylerstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tylerstyle/)
 * (@tylerstyle)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedburner-utf-8-errors/#post-715629)
 * Well, I didn’t get a response on this but it’s ok. I solved the problem and, 
   since everyone on this site has been so helpful, I have pledged to always put
   my solution in the ticket if I have one. There is nothing more irritating than
   seeing someone with the exact same problem and then the ticket is closed with
   a “solved it.”
 * I’m writing a blog about what happened and the length of time that it took but
   I am going to post the quick and dirty here.
 * I downloaded a plug-in that claimed it fixes all UTF-8 data problems on the entire
   site. I thought this was the Holy Grail. Turns out it wasn’t at all. The plug-
   in itself caused Feedburner validation errors.
 * I then resolved to do it manually. The quickest way to do this is to go to the
   WordPress Manager Write tab, click the code choice, copy everything there, paste
   it Notepad, delete everything back in the word press code area (only in the body
   section, don’t create another document or you’ll probably change your Permalink!),
   then copy everything from Notepad back into the code area.
 * That’s it. Fixed all my problems.
 * AND, even better, I only had to do it on two articles…I thought I would have 
   to do it on all of them. As I think about it, the “post from word” feature might
   work after all…maybe I forgot to use it the first couple of posts.
 * Which is great because for some reason I’m extremely accustomed to create in 
   Word and did not want to change.
 * Anyway, I was so happy to have this fixed. Now people can subscribe to me here:
   [http://feeds.feedburner.com/LiveYourWay](http://feeds.feedburner.com/LiveYourWay)
 * Hope this is helpful, Thanks,
    Richard

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 * Last reply from: [tylerstyle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tylerstyle/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/feedburner-utf-8-errors/#post-715629)
 * Status: resolved

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