To post RSS items for the current feed as announcements, you must first select the radio button labelled
Post Items as Announcements, which will the allow the options below to be set.
- Allow HTML in Announcements
If this option is set to 'Yes', any HTML included in RSS items will be posted verbatim in items posted on your board.Allowing raw HTML means that any malicious HTML or Javascript code included in the RSS feed will appear uncensored on your board. Do not enable this option unless you fully trust the RSS source to not include such exploit code, or all sorts of bad things could happen...
- Days for Announcements to Remain Active
Announcements posted by the RSS robot will remain visible to board visitors for a limited time. You can set the amount of days they will remain active using this control.Once an announcement has been posted by the RSS robot, you can manually change the expiry date of any individual announcement by editing it directly via the Admin CP > Announcements > Announcement Manager > Edit system.