Cusomise RSS feed

  • I have an RSS feed that I use for a newsletter. It takes the raw feed including a thumbnail image and uses any new items to automatically create the next mailshot via Mailchimp.

    It works quite well, but the layout is a bit poor. Really I want the image left aligned in the feed. Currently you get:

    RSS:IMAGE

    RSS:CONTENT

    Whereas it would be nicer to have:

    RSS:IMAGE RSS:CONTENT

    I can’t find a way to do this with any plugin so far. I’ve tried RSS Manager, which looks like it should do exactly what I want, but it seems to be broken in the latest version of WordPress as it doesn’t get the thumbnail.

    With the “RSS Image Feed” plugin, I get the thumbnail image, but it’s not left aligned.

    Can anyone help?

Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)

  • the layout is a bit poor

    In what? RSS feeds are not supposed to be read via a browser but via a dedicated feed reader. And there is currently no way to “style” feeds in a feed reader. The individual readers decide how to display feeds.

    Thread Starter luffer

    (@luffer)

    Well I’m horribly confused by the whole subject. What I ideally want is my posts thumbnail in my RSS feed so that my Mailchimp campaign can use the *|RSSITEM:IMAGE|* tag they provide.

    Using the “RSS Image Feed” plugin puts a 150×150 thumbnail image in the feed, but Mailchimp can’t see it. So I don’t know what that plugin does, but I’m guessing it’s not standard.

    I just need to figure out a way to get the thumbnail into my RSS feed so I can grab it in Mailchimp.

    Have you considered using a MailChimp plugin instead?

    Thread Starter luffer

    (@luffer)

    I don’t see any MailChimp plugins that will help with RSS. They offer easy signup forms to subscribe. This doesn’t really help me, unless you know of one I’ve missed?

    Thread Starter luffer

    (@luffer)

    The other thing is that my MailChimp campaign is all setup and running fine. It’s just the RSS thumbnail image that is causing me the problem! I just need to get it aligned left so the text flows around it, I don’t care how that happens, but so far nothing I’ve tried works!

    Look in the styles that are being applied to the e-mail template. 99% sure the issue has nothing to do with how RSS is sending the data, the issue has to do with how the data is being manipulated and displayed.

    Thread Starter luffer

    (@luffer)

    Right, so the fundamental problem seems to be getting a thumbnail image in the RSS feed correctly. What’s the easiest way to achieve that then?

Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total)
  • The topic ‘Cusomise RSS feed’ is closed to new replies.

Tags