Rss2 full description output format on external page
 

After a couple of days searching and pulling my hair out (not much left), hoping someone can help...

I am trying to pull the full posts from a specific forum to a non-vb page. I am currently using:
$rss2_file = 'http://www.mysite.com/forum/external.php?forumids=13&fulldesc=1&type=rss2';

This works but ...
1. It is displayed as pure text with no formatting whatsoever, no paragraph breaks or anything else.
2. HTML code shows up as the code itself.
3. BBCode shows up as an *

Any ideas on how to get a formatted display of the forum?

Thanx in advance for any help you can offer - driving me nuts!!!
Using vb 3.8.7