DowntownRob
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I coded this plugin for free with time available to meet my own immediate needs, you’re welcome. 🙂
True there could always be more added to it, I just don’t have the time, and I’ve gotten a total of 3 small donations in total from the thousands using it, so spending more time on it is not exactly at the top of my priority list. Sadly, most free plugins are suffering the same way.
I have had others send me patches and code that I’ve added to the plugin, so I’m open to anyone forking the code and sending me code modifications, which I can then add to it.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] AWeber Blog BroadcastHere’s more details on how we encode the link using CDATA:
http://www.rssboard.org/rss-profile#element-channel-item-description
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] AWeber Blog BroadcastIt 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="http://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="http://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_ContentsI’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.
Forum: Reviews
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] Works as expectedThanks so much!
Hi Paul,
Use the settings to change the image size to Thumbnail or Medium, etc? See if that helps. The other option is to add some responsive CSS in the Mailchimp template, so images use max-width: 100%, and they’ll adjust to the width of the device. Check with Mailchimp on how to do that with RSS Image items.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] AWeber Blog BroadcastHi 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…
Your images seem to be in the body? They need to be set as Featured Images for the plugin to work.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] Option to set CSS sizeI’ll look at adding this to the plugin in a future version if I can find the time. Thanks for your suggestion. Until then, look into creating additional custom media sizes, WordPress could generate another image the proper size for newsletter use.
Ah yep, makes sense, thanks Dmitry.
I was able to log into Sam’s site after she sent me the login, and the problem was no longer there, most likely due to a theme update that resolved the issue and they fixed their code.
If this is happening then it’s up to the theme author to update the theme code, and the get_the_excerpt() workaround should help in the mean time.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Job Manager] Breaks Visual ComposerBy “breaks”, the Visual Composer editor window is not visible, and the drop-down to expand it does nothing. With this plugin deactivated, it is visible and works normally.
Hmm, it looks like the theme is outputting the excerpt at the top, but not sure why it’d do that with my plugin activated… use the link in the plugin to hit my contact form, and send me an admin login so I can take a look at the theme and code? I’ve had this reported once before, so I’d like to nail down what’s causing it if possible.
Yeah they should be able to help you out, it’s most likely needing customized Mailchimp CSS.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] Featured Images In RSS FeedsDo you have the Featured Images set for each post? View your raw feed, and make sure the images show there first. Disable any feed redirection plugins, that’s usually the cause of no images if they are set as Featured Images.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] Not Working-Using FeedburnerYes you can’t use that plugin as it overrides the feed generation. You can add an RSS icon and manually link to Feedburner, but it’s best not to redirect your /feed/ as Feedburner is not used as much anymore, most people prefer to use their own feed reader such as Feedly.
If images are showing twice, it’s because you have them set as a Featured Image, and also have them inserted in the body. Delete them from the body, and be sure your theme outputs the Featured Image of the post instead, so you don’t need it in the body at all. Sometimes it’s a checkbox in the theme options, other times the theme doesn’t use Featured Images at all, and you’d need to customize or update the theme.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More] Not Working-Using FeedburnerHi Soffia,
Deactivate the plugin causing the /feed/ URL to be redirected to Feedburner, and see if that works. It latches on to the feed URL itself and adds the images to the output, and that plugin can interfere with it doing this.
Always make sure your raw feed works first, then see if Feedburner picks up the images from the raw feed.
Thanks,
Rob