XML Newby has hit a road block

[sjev]

I'm creating an RSS feed for work from scratch, using only my Vista machine's built-in XML editor. I've tried to open a file with a sequence like this one below. I've left out the preamble about rss and xml versions, as that's worked out fine in other files.

<item>
<title>TELUS investment expands wireless service in Gulf Islands - June 22 2010</title>
<description>Telus extends services to islands off BC's coast</description>
<link>

http://about.telus.com/cgi-bin/media_news_viewer.cgi?news_id=1244&mode=2&news_year=2010</link>

</item>

I've checked that the link works by itself, but can't find any error in the code. When I open this file, I get the following error message.

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A semi colon character was expected. Error processing resource 'file:///C:/Users/sarah.jevnikar/Documents/RSS Project/troub...

<link>

http://about.telus.com/cgi-bin/media_news_viewer.cgi?news_id=1238&mode=2&news_year=2010</link>

--...
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.

 

[tsuji]

When generating the link tag, make it appear like either
[tt]
<link>[ignore]

http://about.telus.com/cgi-bin/media_news_viewer.cgi?news_id=1238

[/ignore][red]&amp;[/red]mode=2[red]&amp;[/red]news_year=2010</link>
[/tt]
or
[tt]
<link>[red]<![CDATA[[/red][ignore]

http://about.telus.com/cgi-bin/media_news_viewer.cgi?news_id=1238&mode=2&news_year=2010

[/ignore][red]]]>[/red]</link>
[/tt]

 

[sjev]

thank you tsuji. I thought I'd written the link in the form of the first method you'd given, but where had I gone wrong?
Would the second method be better for longer links like this one?

 

[tsuji]

>I thought I'd written ...
apparently, yes?! If that is an yes, I have no idea.

 

[sjev]

it turned out the method with the brackets worked really well. I rewrote my whole feed using it in fact. Thanks tsuji!
Is there a way to create a signature at the end of each RSS post? My intention is to tell subscribers to the feed to contact me with comments/suggestions or to report a broken link.