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  • Fri 11 Apr 2014 at 18:03 #44227
    Anonymous
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    Is there a setting somewhere to display a full event description (not just an excerpt) in the RSS Feed and remove the “Read More” tag as well?

    Thanks!

    Fri 11 Apr 2014 at 18:46 #51501
    Franky
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    See the “RSS description format” in the EME settings (tab “RSS”). You can use any event placeholders in there.

    Fri 11 Apr 2014 at 19:20 #51502
    Anonymous
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    Thanks, Franky. I’ve gotten the full description to display, but I’m not sure how to get rid of the “Read More” at the end. Is there a formatting rule for that?

    I’m using: #j #M #y – #H:#i #_EVENTDETAILS

    This is what displays: http://www.thomasmemoriallibrary.org/?eme_rss=main

    I should explain that we want to use our events RSS feed in a gadget on our new electronic display board, and simply want the event description to display without the link back to the individual event listing, which is not useful in this context.

    Fri 11 Apr 2014 at 22:11 #51503
    Franky
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    I don’t see a “read more” in your feed anywhere.

    Also, since you seem to be creating a gadget, can’t you just ignore the link-part? I know this is an optional element, but every RSS-interpreter can ignore the elements they want, no? I don’t like adding functionality specifically for one user, but if you defend your case, I can make it an option.

    Sat 12 Apr 2014 at 13:12 #51504
    Anonymous
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    Hmmm. When I view it, it shows a Read more… at the end of each description. No need to add any additional functionality just for us–we can figure a work around if it still displays that way on our electronic display board. I just thought perhaps there was a setting or code already there that would do what I wanted. Thanks so much for your help, Franky!

    Sat 12 Apr 2014 at 13:31 #51505
    Franky
    Keymaster

    Maybe it’s a caching issue that causes you to see “read more”?

    Sat 12 Apr 2014 at 15:41 #51506
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks, I explore that possibility!

    Sat 12 Apr 2014 at 18:29 #51507
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    One more question, Franky. Are all of the events formatting placeholders supposed to work for the RSS feed display? I can’t seem to get images to show up, even when my feed reader supports them.

    Sat 12 Apr 2014 at 23:21 #51508
    Franky
    Keymaster

    The RSS element “item” has no image child, but I assume you’re talking about images in the description?

    This should fix it:

    http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/892069

    Tue 15 Apr 2014 at 17:15 #51509
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks, Franky. We’ll give it a try!

    Rachel

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