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My RSS 2.0 feed works fine when I do this for the description:

<description>{exp:xml_encode}{experiment}{/exp:xml_encode}</description>

However my actual weblog has a set of fields experiment, setup, ... and a field called standardpost which is used when I don’t want to use the other fields. So a entry in the weblog either has experiment and setup, ... filled up OR standardpost filled and I do this in my actual index display:

{if standardpost}
{standardpost}
{if:else}
{experiment}{setup}
{/if}

When I do this in my RSS 2.0 feed:

<description>{exp:xml_encode}{if standardpost}{standardpost}{if:else}{experiment}{/if}{/exp:xml_encode}</description>

the feed breaks…

Can I not use if else statement in feeds? This has been driving me crazy.

You can use conditionals in your feed template, but you might want to try:

{if standardpost != ''}{standardpost}{if:else}{experiment}{/if}

Luke, use the source to battle the evil RSS Storm Troopers.  Can you post what EE actually spits out from the snippet?  Maybe you need to change the RSS fluid, is the indicator light blinking?

You might also try:

{if standardpost}{exp:xml_encode}{standardpost}{/exp:xml_encode}{if:else}{exp:xml_encode}{experiment}{/exp:xml_encode}{/if}

Thank you Jared Farrish, that worked flawlessly. I combined that with the knowledgebase article about how to use HTML in feeds and my feed is now up and running perfectly!

No problem. Glad it worked!

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