RSS Feed in vB 3.7.4

[newguy]

Originally Posted by David LeBow

Have a quick look at a feed item:

PHP Code:

       <item>
            <title>Senior Food Service Worker - University of Minnesota -  Twin Cities, MN</title>
            <link>http://www.indeed.com/rc/clk?jk=10834156c22c0684&amp;from=rss&amp;cd=j7KcZC1voSaE-tEYj9xfZvvWypTKmMAX1rnG2-g_P_wT8sU0arD0UG3kCb0ChPP21KVTtBebFq4hl614DjCpZ1Kd4vr2oMlH1IM1EW42zCMTfZilExgZZOWYc8u1ATaVVAMINgzXynMi8_DHqiqnWy0SAwxMf4aryrBuvF7VmOdSlbgyWV05LAPzMBaO-wHkNPgH7rls-aIXwlyWLbzi8h7QTeldOseDVcp6fPba4T0jEJeWHiPm7carAFBoIHdI&amp;qd=RnZhMybXSk4M3QtTVGXWoUime1BNHDOgcMKo265BnIPOb00VRQQv_OHT4sbCyzM_v_wokdTwBAdSpP61-BeAfw&amp;rd=</link>
            <source>University of Minnesota</source>
            <guid isPermaLink="false">834614a7c3860a1e0a03e0c312743bb6</guid>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:54:44 GMT</pubDate>
            <description>Position Category Staff Service and Maintenance (Teamsters) Appointment Term A = 12 month Appointment Type... is represented by the Teamsters Bargaining Unit. Dues...   &lt;br&gt;
            From University of Minnesota - &lt;a href="http://www.indeed.com/job/Senior-Food-Service-Worker-at-University-of-Minnesota-in-Twin-Cities,-MN-10834156c22c0684"&gt;save job, email, more...&lt;/a&gt;
            </description>

        </item> 


There's a "<link> element which should turn into your link if you're using the standard template.

But: the <description> element contains an URL within it. That will become part of the description text, as ugly as it is. To my knowledge, vBulletin will not parse out links in the description text. They're using the <link> (the thing that turns into your hyperlink) to point to a generic website. They're embedding the actual link in the description.

vB staff: am I right in assuming that links within the feed <description> will not be parsed back into links?

bump for vb staff.