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The image should be pulled in as part of the RSS Item Description. If it doesn’t, AWeber may be not allowing it or not showing it properly. You’d have to ask AWeber support about that. If the image IMG SRC code is showing up in your raw feed for each item, then the plugin is working ok.

Hi Rob,

I’m running into the same issue with Aweber. I was told by Aweber that the images should be coming through in the HTML email but they aren’t. They thought it was probably because the way the images were encoded didn’t work with their system. I was told that something that included <content:encoded> should work though. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
John

Hi John,

Hmm, not sure, look at your raw /feed/ URL, it should show the images as HTML, not encoded, with simple CSS styling. Always make sure the images are showing up in your normal feed first, before trying to troubleshoot Aweber, Mailchimp, Feedburner, etc.

Send over your feed URL, I can take a look…

Thanks for getting back to me Rob,

Here’s my feed url moderndayqi.com/feed/

The images show fine in the feed. It appears to be on Aweber’s end. They call for <content:encoded>. Any insight you have is appreciated.

John

It seems I need to work out a better way to include the images, using content:encoded, as of right now the plugin just includes it as HTML in the description, but this isn’t really valid RSS:

<description><![CDATA[<img width="199" height="223" src="https://moderndayqi.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/innerradar-199x223.jpg" class="attachment-medium-thumb wp-post-image" alt="Launch Your Inner Radar, by Maxine Jones" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px;" /><p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://moderndayqi.com/author/heatherharper/">Heather Harper</a></p>
<p>Have you ever thought how nice it would be if you were tuned-in and "on" from the moment you woke up? Really in the zone and operating from that place throughout the day. Most days, I'm lucky if I can make it there for 5 minutes. Multi-tasker extraordinaire seems like a badge of honor nowadays. […]</p>
]]></description>

Read this for more info:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/RSS/Article/Why_RSS_Content_Module_is_Popular_-_Including_HTML_Contents

I’ll see if I can update the plugin to improve how it’s embedding the images, perhaps make it an option to use content:encoded instead so it doesn’t break other existing implementations that are working fine.

Here’s more details on how we encode the link using CDATA:

https://www.rssboard.org/rss-profile#element-channel-item-description

Rob,

You the man! We really do need to include images in our blog broadcast with Aweber and I like the functionality of your plugin. Thanks for all your efforts and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with. I hope this pays off for you as well.

Thanks,
John

P.S. I do plan on contributing to the plugin, although I’m sure it’s not going to cover your hourly rate. ??

Hey Rob,

I was wondering how much of a deal it will be for you to update the plugin the way you mentioned. It is something we need and I’d like to know how much it would cost to have you update it with this functionality.

Thanks,
John

P.S. Let me know if you would rather get this request on your website.

Would love this feature for Aweber as well!

Hi Rob–I read this thread and have the same issue with Aweber not showing my featured images. I’m not sure if there was a fix here or not. I have your plugin but it hasn’t helped. Is there something I can do to get the images to show up for Aweber?

Thanks so much!
BB

If everyone that wanted it to work with Aweber donated $20, I’d jump on it and fix it within a few days. I am looking into creating a premium version and perhaps this is the spark for that, charge a small $20 fee for the premium version that supports Aweber and handles no Featured Image, etc.

Hey Rob,

I’ll donate, I just don’t see a place to make a donation. I sent you a message on your website so you should have my email. Send me an email address you have linked to PayPal & I’ll get the money to you.

Thanks,
John

I would donate as well if it would provide us with a solution. Same as John – send me an email address and I’ll send the money – [email protected]

Ah nice, you guys rock, use this link to donate, and I’ll dig into adding the required code to hopefully make it work better with Aweber:

https://bit.ly/plugin-donation

I’ve got a conference and I’m speaking at WordCamp San DIego this weekend, so after that I will dedicate some time to this and have it ready within the next week or two I think.

Thanks,
Rob

done! Thanks Rob!