My google base header wrong?

[hiamps]

I was wondering why when I try and send a feed the header is wrong? My shopsite does...

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0"
xmlns:batch="http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch">\


And Google wants it...
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0"
xmlns:batch="http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch">

The formatting is wrong in Shopsite so I always have to edit it to send manually and have never had it send automatically and work. Seems I lose the formatting but in the top one there are 3 spaces between feed and xlns and both the bottom xlns:batch have a couple spaces in front.
There are also about 3 whole lines to the top from where this starts that I also have to backspace...
EDIT: How do I keep original format when post here? When I edit it shows how I posted it but when I submit they both look the same...

[loren_d_c]

Use the 'Code' button above the edit window to enclose anything that is or looks like HTML, XML, JavaScript, etc code.

My feed header from ShopSite looks like this:

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<?xml version='1.0'?>
<feed     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
    xmlns:g="http://base.google.com/ns/1.0"
    xmlns:batch="http://schemas.google.com/gdata/batch">
<title type="text">http://www.mydomain.com Batch Feed</title>
<category scheme="http://base.google.com/categories/itemtypes" term="products"/>


And Google accepts it just fine.

-Loren

[loren_d_c]

Also, regarding the empty lines at the beginning that you have to delete, that is only on the screen in the backoffice where you view the feed sent to Google Base, those empty lines are NOT in the feed data actually sent.

-Loren

[loren_d_c]

What submission method are you using? API, or FTP? If API, how many products are you submitting? This method only works with up to 300 or 400 or so products.

-Loren

[hiamps]

Been trying FTP but have always had to manually send it and if I just copy and paste without taking out the spaces it never works. Just got it to accept this morning but haven't had anything go thru in months. Oh well at least I can manually get it. Probably a shared hosting thing....

[loren_d_c]

Ask your host to verify that they allow outgoing FTP connections from their server. If there is a firewall rule blocking outgoing connections, there is a possibility that versions of ShopSite prior to 10 sp1 would report that the submission was successful when in fact the connection to the Google Base FTP server couldn't even be made.

-Loren