RSS Widget with thumbnail/description

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Prior to the 4.0.2 upgrade, I had an RSS Widget installed which called the feed at http://eqquest.com/marketplace_test/rss_featured.php

The result looked like http://www.eqquest.com/proofs/Widget.jpg

The vbcms_widget_rss_page template code was as follows:

<div class="cms_widget">
<div class="block">
<!-- Rss Header -->
<div class="cms_widget_header">
<h3><img src="/marketplace/media/icons/Feed_16x16.png" alt="RSS" /><a href="{vb:raw rsslink}">&nbsp;{vb:var rsstitle}</a></h3>
</div>

<!-- Rss Data -->
<div class="cms_widget_content">
<vb:comment>
{vb:raw rssdescription}
</vb:comment>
<vb:each from="details" key="id" value="detail">
<div class="cms_widget_post_bit">
<h4 class="cms_widget_post_header_rss"><a href="{vb:raw detail.link}">{vb:raw detail.title}</a></h4>
{vb:raw detail.summary}
{vb:raw detail.author}
</div>
</vb:each>
</div>
<vb:comment>
- feed_count is number of records shown
- more_data is whether there are more records.
- rsstitle is the title pulled from rss
- widgettitle is the title of the widget
</vb:comment>
<vb:comment>
<vb:if condition="$more_data">
<a href="{vb:raw rssurl}">{vb:rawphrase read_more}</a>
</vb:if>
</vb:comment>
</div>
</div>
<br />

With the 4.0.2 Update the template changed to the following:

<div class="cms_widget">
	<div class="block">

	<!-- Rss Header -->
	<div class="cms_widget_header">
		<h3><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_cms}/widget-rss.png" alt="RSS Widget" /> <a href="{vb:raw rss_link}"> &nbsp;{vb:raw rss_title}&nbsp; RSS</a></h3>
	</div>

	<!--  Rss Data  -->
	<div class="cms_widget_content">
		<!-- {vb:raw rss_description} -->

		<vb:each from="rss_items" key="id" value="item">
			<div class="cms_widget_post_bit">
				<h4 class="cms_widget_post_header"><a href="{vb:raw item.link}">{vb:raw item.title}</a></h4>

				<!--   
				{vb:raw item.summary} <br />
				{vb:raw item.author} <br />
				-->
			</div>
		</vb:each>


	</div>

<vb:comment>
	<vb:if condition="$rss_more">
		<a href="{vb:raw rss_url}">{vb:rawphrase read_more}</a>
	</vb:if>
</vb:comment>

</div>
</div>

Uncommenting the

{vb:raw rss_description}

and

<vb:if condition="$rss_more">
		<a href="{vb:raw rss_url}">{vb:rawphrase read_more}</a>
	</vb:if>

successfully displays that information, but uncommenting the

{vb:raw item.summary} <br />
	    {vb:raw item.author} <br />

no longer displays anything - just <br> <br>. I tried using the code from the older template to no avail

<vb:each from="details" key="id" value="detail">
<div class="cms_widget_post_bit">
<h4 class="cms_widget_post_header_rss"><a href="{vb:raw detail.link}">{vb:raw detail.title}</a></h4>
{vb:raw detail.summary}
{vb:raw detail.author}
</div>
</vb:each>

then I tried a support ticket on vb.com which was not helpful as all they did was give me the 4.0.1 template code (which no longer displays anything) and tell me that the vbcms_widget_rss_page template was changed to solve this bug http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/proje...?issueid=34407. I am more of a designer than a developer and trying my best to learn (sorry if it is something obvious). I was so pleased before that I had this working it's a real bummer now. It's an important feature to my site which is tying in a classifieds program. Any suggestions?