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Issue: RSS Email body shows html tags like this <p> Fix: Need to use Custom RSS Item element in the email builder, and instead of using…

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Issue: RSS Email body shows html tags like this <p>

Fix: Need to use Custom RSS Item element in the email builder, and instead of using {{rss_item.content}} use {{{rss_item.content}}}

HTML Based RSS Feed

The values returned by the RSS-based custom variable {{rss_item.title}} are HTML-escaped. For example, if the expression contains &, then the returned HTML-escaped output is generated as &amp; or if your RSS Feed has HTML-based text instead of plain text then it will be rendered as plain text.
If you don't want it to escape a value, use the "triple-stash", {{{:
Eg: if your RSS feed source is something like this
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without "triple-stash" it will render like this
HTML Based RSS Feed (image 2 of 3) What this shows without "triple-stash" it will render like this What this shows Illustrates the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". This screenshot appears in the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". The text alongside this image reads: without "triple-stash" it will render like this. Immediately after, the guide continues: once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this. Image 2 of 3 What this coverswithout "triple-stash" it will render like this Next steponce you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this
once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this
HTML Based RSS Feed (image 3 of 3) What this shows once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this What this shows Illustrates the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". This screenshot appears in the "HTML Based RSS Feed" section of "RSS Email Body showing HTML tags?". The text alongside this image reads: once you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this. Image 3 of 3 What this coversonce you will use "triple-stash" {{{rss_item.content}}} it will render like this

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