Problems trying to get images displaying within RSS feeds

#1 / Jul 29, 2007 6:11pm

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Hi there,

I’m trying to create a RSS feed for a gallery weblog but for some reason, I can’t get my images to appear within the feed.

When I view the XML outputted by the browser when viewing the feed, the description tag only has an end tag - no start, and not image tag.

Here’s the exact code I’m using:

{assign_variable:master_weblog_name="gallery"}
{exp:rss:feed weblog="{master_weblog_name}"}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="{encoding}"?>
<rss version="2.0"
    xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
    xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
    xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/"
    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
    xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">

    <channel>
    
    <title>{exp:xml_encode}{weblog_name}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
    <link>{weblog_url}</link>
    <description>{weblog_description}</description>
    <dc:language>{weblog_language}</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>{email}</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"}</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>{gmt_date format="%Y-%m-T;%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
    <admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://expressionengine.com/" >
    
{exp:weblog:entries weblog="{master_weblog_name}" limit="10" rdf="off" dynamic_start="on" disable="member_data|trackbacks"}
    <item>
      <title>{exp:xml_encode}{caption}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
      <link>{title_permalink=image/index}</link>
      <guid>{title_permalink=image/index}#When:{gmt_entry_date format="%H:%i:&#xsZ;"}</guid>
      <description>{exp:xml_encode}http://www.mywebsite.com/images/gallery/{title}.jpg{/exp:xml_encode}</description>
      <dc:subject>{exp:xml_encode}{categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories}{/exp:xml_encode}</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>{gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-T;%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
    </item>
{/exp:weblog:entries}
    
    </channel>
</rss>

{/exp:rss:feed}

Any ideas what’s happening here?

Thanks,

Ste

#2 / Jul 29, 2007 9:03pm
Ryan Irelan
444 posts
First thing I would try during troubleshooting is to correct the img tag and make it self-closing (as it should be).
```
<a href="http://www.mywebsite.com/images/gallery/{title}.jpg">http://www.mywebsite.com/images/gallery/{title}.jpg</a>
```
#3 / Jul 29, 2007 9:23pm

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352 posts

I had the tag closed first, but it didn’t work. So I changed it to the above after checking the difference between mine and another RSS2.0 photo blog RSS feed.

I’ve changed it back to make sure, but it still doesn’t work.

And just for info, the feed validates fine at http://validator.w3.org/feed/

Ste
#4 / Jul 29, 2007 9:25pm

Sue Crocker
26054 posts

See if this helps:

EEKB:// How can I Use HTML to Format my RSS Feed?

#5 / Jul 29, 2007 9:44pm

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See if this helps:

EEKB:// How can I Use HTML to Format my RSS Feed?

Perfect, Sue - that was where I was going wrong, thanks.

For info, here’s how the item section of my RSS feed currently looks:

<item>
      <title>{exp:xml_encode}{caption}{/exp:xml_encode}</title>
      <link>{title_permalink=image/index}</link>
      <guid>{title_permalink=image/index}#When:{gmt_entry_date format="%H:%i:&#xsZ;"}</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://{title_permalink=image/index}">phpThumb/phpThumb.php?src=/images/gallery/{title}.jpg&h=90 </a>

]]></description>
      <dc:subject>{exp:xml_encode}{categories backspace="1"}{category_name}, {/categories}{/exp:xml_encode}</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>{gmt_entry_date format="%Y-%m-T;%H:%i:%s%Q"}</dc:date>
    </item>

Now I’ve got the images working, I can now add the second weblog.

Thanks,

Ste

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