Sometimes you will be shown an error message when trying to create a new channel.
Sometimes you will be shown an error message when trying to create a new channel.
Common reasons for feed errors are given below.
In all cases, you can ignore the error and continue on but this is not recommended unless you are sure you know what you are doing.
Feeds are not the same as web pages so simply entering the address of your favorite web site into the Channel Wizard probably won't work [1].
You should find out if the site offers a feed and what its URL is. Icons are often used to highlight their feeds (commonly 
or 
).
Some sites support auto-discovery in which case you just have to open the web site in Awasu and you will be notified that a feed has been found.
If a feed is not available, plugins are available that monitor a web page for changes or extract information from a web page and convert it into a feed.
Sometimes a feed will be rejected because it contains errors. Click on the Validate button to submit the feed to the Feed Validator for checking.
If the feed is invalid, the best solution is to contact the publisher and let them know so that they can fix it.
It is also possible to work around some feed errors by writing a plugin that fixes the problem before it is fed into Awasu.
Some feeds require you to be logged in before you can use them.
The easiest way to check this is to click on the View as HTML button. If you are taken to a login page, then this is what has happened.
You should either be logged in before you start Awasu or open a window in Awasu and log in from there.
Feeds are sometimes encoded using a system that is not recognized by Awasu.
This can be worked around by using a plugin that can convert any type of encoding into one that Awasu supports.