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XML editing troubles
Authored by: leebennett on Dec 04, '02 02:38:35AM

apparently i'm missing something obvious.

i opened the sites.xml file in BBEdit, added in lines exactly as provided, and when i relaunch searchling, i get a bunch of G's across my menu bar and none of them will access the search bar.



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XML editing troubles
Authored by: bluehz on Dec 04, '02 10:16:38AM

I have seen this also - it occurs if there is an error in your XML file...double check and makes sure all your P's and Q's are in order.



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XML editing troubles
Authored by: leebennett on Dec 04, '02 07:49:13PM

well i won't rule out one of those dumb typos that are so blatantly obvious, you miss them every time (you know the ones i'm talking about)...but i am pretty sure i have checked it very carefully. the only thing i can think of is...the place where you put the URL for the site...do any characters have to be escaped, or written as a meta code (i.e. > instead of > )?



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XML editing troubles--solved
Authored by: leebennett on Dec 04, '02 07:54:19PM

okay, i figured it out. meta characters are required.

specifically, in my case, i needed & instead of just plain ampersands.



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XML editing troubles--solved
Authored by: boblangdon on Dec 05, '02 12:19:25PM

I had the same thing happen to me by simply cutting and pasting the code directly off this site.

In my case, I was pasting it in the wrong place.
I was puttring it before the final </plist> tag, when it belongs before the final </array> tag.



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