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I performed a gem install feedtools, I then added these 2 lines to my environment.rb: require ''rubygems'' require ''feed_tools'' I then added this method in my controller: def rss @post = Post.most_recent feed = FeedTools::Feed.new feed.title = ''Recent Rambles'' feed.subtitle = ''random thoughts by me'' feed.author.name = "Charlie Bowman" feed....

...for feeds reading: @feed = FeedTools::Feed.open("http://localhost:3000/feeds/userrss/#{params[:id]}") I will get the timeout error if i want to read my feeds: FeedTools::FeedAccessError (Timeout while attempting to retrieve feed): d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feedtools-0.2.24/lib/feed_tools/helpers/retrieval_helper.rb:195:in `http_request'' d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feedtools-0.2.24/lib/feed_tools/helpers/retrieval_helper.rb:220:in `http_get'' d:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feedtools-0.2.24/lib/feed_tools/feed.rb:204:in `load_remote_feed!''...

...ce says: wrong number of arguments (0 for 1) /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-0.3.13.3/lib/mongrel/debug.rb:121:in `initialize'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-0.3.13.3/lib/mongrel/debug.rb:121:in `open'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feedtools-0.2.25/lib/feed_tools/vendor/htree/parse.rb:64:in `parse_as'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feedtools-0.2.25/lib/feed_tools/vendor/htree/parse.rb:51:in `parse_xml'' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/feedtools-0.2.25/lib/feed_tools/vendor/htree/fstr.rb:11:in `with_frozen_string_hash'' /usr...

I''m having an odd problem. I''m trying to create an RSS feed (working off the Recipe), but "xml.link" generates error about "Can''t convert Hash to String". From the error trace, it *looks* like it''s calling the a fileutil ''link'' method (as in, filesystem symbolic link) - even xml.tag! generates this error. Er, how do I make