Operation Aborted on IE8

We've had a report from of one of our community members, who was intending to post a comment on one of our posts, that he is getting an "Operation Aborted" error on IE8!

We were able to reproduce this and the issue and after some research, tracked it down to the "Comment form".

We had previously selected for the comment form to appear underneath the post (as with most regular blogging systems) - after changing it to "full page" so that people will now have to click on a link and then add their comment.

This is a temporary measure and we will reimplement the embedded comment form once Blogger has this issue resolved.

Our team has actually come across a similar issue to this and it came down to the modification of the DOM prior to the page being loaded. Perhaps this is the same issue? Only time will tell.

We apologise to the users who have been inconvenienced by this issue and encourage blogger devs to please fix this issue as fast as they can.

In the mean time, you can post your comments by clicking on the "post a comment" link below the post in place of the previously embedded comment form.

Sitemap XML for Blogger Issues

Since the order was given to drive the "DevProducts on Blogger" project, we've added devproducts.blogspot.com to our list of sites to manage in Google's webmaster tools.

So we added devproducts.blogspot.com and added a sitemap http://devproducts.blogspot.com/atom.xml which is also our atom feed syndication address.

The Problem
This was fine for a while, but since signing up to feedburner and redirecting all feed traffic to use the feedburner address which is http://feeds2.feedburner.com/devproducts, Google was presenting us with some warnings:

Line: 2 Invalid XML: too many tags - Too many tags describing this tag.
Line: 2 Incorrect namespace - Your Sitemap or Sitemap index file doesn't properly declare the namespace.

This is due to Google's sitemap processor being redirected to the feedburner address rather than the actual atom XML document.

The Solution
A quick Google search presented us with the solution on labnol.org's Digital Inspiration blog.

To fix this issue we had to do the following steps:

Step 1: Delete the existing Sitemap - which is in our case http://devproducts.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Step 2: Add a new sitemap post-fixed with ?redirect=false - so again, in our case it was http://devproducts.blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false

Looking to add a sitemap for your blogger blog to Google Webmaster Tools?
Of course if you were looking for a solution to add your a sitemap to webmaster tools for your blogger blog, then you just add: http://[your blog name].blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false

Thanks Amit ;)
A big thank you to Amit from Digital Inspiration for posting this info in 2007. Say hello to little "google" for us :)

More activity on the "DevProducts on Blogger" project

"[...] I've re-activated the 'DevProducts on blogger' project because I consider this as an effective way of communicating the progress and services of our Web Development company to our clients and potential leads [...]"

[...] I see this project as an extension of our official website. I want this site looked after and updated regularly. I want 'DevProducts on Blogger' to be a source of information on what's happening in the company [...]"

- RV David during a meeting called specifically regarding the "DevProducts on Blogger" project.

So from this week onward, we will be spending more time on the 'DevProducts on Blogger' project. This means more updates on our company and information on our services old and new.

For more information on the DevProducts on Blogger project and to stay updated, subscribe to our feed at http://devproducts.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.

DevProducts on Blogger

We here at DevProducts Pty Ltd, an Australian Web Development firm, have decided to sign up to blogger.com in an effort document and share the progress of our Professional Web Development company.

Join us and read about our adventures as we tread through the "exciting" world of Web Development - where there is _never_ a dull moment! :)

This blog is accessed by all members of our Web Development team.

We look forward to sharing our thoughts with you and hope that you enjoy the ride.

For professional Web Development Services, check out our website at http://www.devproducts.com/