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scottbird
Hi,

I'd like to include a few thumbnail images in the RSS feed from my photo gallery. The thumbnail would link back to the full sized image on my site.

The tags I'm using at the moment are :

CODE
<item>
<image>
<url><$MTBlogURL$>test.jpg</url>
<title><$MTBlogURL$>test.jpg</title>
<link><$MTBlogURL$>test.jpg</link>
</image>
</item>


which appear to generate the correct output in the xml file.

Does anyone know :

a) if these tags are correct as-is, or I am doing something wrong
b) a newsreader that will display images

cheers,

scott
medic119
Make sure its outputting a Absolute url:
http://www.youdomain.com/path/test.jpg

vs a relative url

/path/test.jpg

Thats the only way the RSS reader will know where to look for the images. Also make sure hotlink protection is off. Usually RSS readers are ignored, but while you are trying to get it working its best to have fewer complications.
scottbird
Thanks for that... got it working.
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