I am having the EXACT same problem as bitg. And from the looks of it, he didn't find a resolution either.

I know this is going to sound like +++++ing (and I guess it is) but come on. I know the author of this hack has a life (as do we all) but how can a hack that is having so many problems and no support for the last few weeks from the author be considered for a "Hack of the Month?"

Did you make the articlebot_post template, this controls the link.
That's for the link at the botom.

The other option is, that the source doesn't have a link propertie in there html.
Try to open the source xml (where you get the articles) with your browser and see if every news item has a <link> </link> propertie

Thanks for trying to help.

My problem is not that I am getting a "blank" message body in my posts, it's that I am not seeing a message body at all, only the subject line.

I've posted above that I have included the articlebot_post template in both of my styles and have also verified the xml source to be correct. It's not just one xml feed that I am having this problem with, but all of them. I have even tried the same feeds that others have posted that they use.

I'm not a newbie to hacking VB, I've been using it for about 4 years now (and created 5 hacks myself). I have also been using xml and atom feeds on my personal website for years as well.

I'm just at a loss as to what the problem is. I'd love to be able to use this hack on one of our forums, but the lack of support from the author has me frustrated.

I know the HOTM is now an automated process at vb.org But in my opinion is hacks like this (with no support from the author and trouble with it from almost 95% of the users) should not be eligible for the HOTM.

hmm, okay I didn't know your experience in vbb hacks (I have started with vbuletin some month ago)
I have installed the hack aswell and it works fine,
altough I used xml instead of rss
this is the link where I fetched the xml
http://www.synthtopia.com/rss.xml

Maybe it helps you a bit.
Maybe you could try that one out and see what that one does.

Nope, same problem with that feed as well. :(

Thanks for trying though.

hmm that's strange...
and no error when you start articlebot.php ?

well if you want to compare something let me know

No error from articlebot.php at all. It runs just fine.

Here is a screenshot of what type of posts I'm getting from the bot.

(Notice how the subject is fine but there is no message body posted?)

This is not a problem with the feed, but the script itself.

Strange, very strange..
Here it works fine, could it be that the author had change the code in a newer version and forgot to post it here?
So that my version of article bot is newer then yours. (would be strange if so, but who knows)

do you use word filters (the option articlebot provides)?

Nope, no word filters at all.