Fixed RSS Feed using wrong {title} value in template

[Kevin]

Affected version

2.0.1

In XF 1.x when using {title} in the message template it would use the value from the RSS feed.

In XF 2.x when using {title} in the message template it is using the value of the "Title template" if a value is present. If "Title template" is empty then it is using the value from the RSS feed as expected.

Quick recreation...

Feed: https://xkcd.com/atom.xml
Template:

[url={link}][b][i]{title}[/i][/b][/url] by XKCD
{content}

• View the feed XML in a browser; take note of the <title></title> tag values.
• In XF 1.5 add https://xkcd.com/atom.xml as a new feed. Give a value of 'whatever' as the Title template, use {title} in the template (like the example provided above), click Preview. The thread title will show as 'whatever' and the post content will have the value of {title] as shown in the feed.
• In XF 2.x repeat the same steps as above; the thread title will show as 'whatever' and the post content will 'whatever' also in place of {title}.

 

[Kevin]

... looks like it might be just the preview using the wrong value.

 

[Chris D]

Indeed, it was just the preview that was problematic here. There was a small issue with the display of the author name too. Both issues sorted for the next release, thank you.