Feed Requirements and Mapping
What feed elements are required for my Digesto email?
Digesto will minimally require following RSS or Atom Feed elements in your email:
RSS Feeds:
RSS Feeds:
- <title> = Will show as the Title of the post. Title of the latest post can also be used in the Subject of the email using DigestoEmailSubject Token
- <link> = Link to the original post
- <pubDate> = Post's Publication Date
- <description> = Short text from the post OR <content-encoded> = Full content of your article
- <title> = Title of the post
- <link> = Link from the title to the original pos
- <update> = Post's Publication Date
- <summary> Short text from the post OR <content> = Full content of your article
Digesto / RSS Mapping
In addition to standard elements listed above, Digesto has the ability to extract a wide range of feed elements. When inserted in your Digest Template, Digesto tags (elements in curly brackets) play a similar role as the Marketo Tokens in your Marketo email but this time it is used to inject element from your RSS (Or Atom) feed.| Digesto Tag | RSS Feed Element | Description |
| {{ITEM-TITLE}} | <title> | Article Title |
| {{ITEM-LINK}} | <link> | Article URL |
| {{ITEM-DATE}} | <pubDate> | Publication Date |
| {{ITEM-DESCRIPTION}} | <description> | Article Summary/Abstract (Usually text only) |
| {{ITEM-CONTENT-ENCODED}} | <content:encoded> | Full Article (HTML) |
| {{ITEM-AUTHOR}} | <author> or <dc:creator> | Author's name |
| {{ITEM-FIRSTPOSTIMAGE-URL}} | Digesto Custom Element | URL of the first image extracted from the <description> or <content:encoded> elements |
| {{ITEM-FIRSTPOSTIMAGE-IMG}} | Digesto Custom Element | Code snipped (<img...>) to embed the first image extracted from the <description> or <content:encoded> elements |
| {{ITEM-IMAGE-URL}} | <enclosure> (image) | Image file enclosure URL |
| {{ITEM-VIDEO-URL}} | <enclosure> (video) | Video file enclosure URL |
| {{ITEM-AUDIO-URL}} | <enclosure> (audio) | Audio file enclosure URL |
| {{ITEM-MEDIA-CONTENT-IMAGE-URL}} | <media:content> | Image file from media-content |
| {{ITEM-MEDIA-CONTENT-IMAGE-IMG}} | <media:content> | Code snipped (<img...>) to embed the image file from media-content |
| {{ITEM-CATEGORIES}} | <category> | List of categories applied to your article |
Feed specifications and validation
In order to work with Digesto, your feed must standards RSS or Atom feed requirements.
Specifications for standard RSS
http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification
Specification for standard Atom
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4287
You can use this feed validator from W3 to run a diagnostic and returns elements to review on your feed:
http://validator.w3.org/feed/