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MarkoneNZ

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Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« on: August 03, 2018, 06:19:46 am »
So I have a problem with no descriptions show in my RSS feed.

So I followed this post https://create.blubrry.com/resources/powerpress/using-powerpress/diagnosing-feed-andor-player-issues-with-powerpress/ exactly as it says!!!!! 

That was after rebuilding my site from scratch on a new hosting provider and I do mean from scratch as I did not transfer the database but moved post by post.

What I found is that it was a plugin causing the issue. (As I said follow the post above)  The Plugin that was causing the issue is Fusion Builder Version 1.6.2 that is a requirement of the Avada Theme. https://avada.theme-fusion.com

The problem is I need this theme and this plugin.  I have a lot invested in it across many sites.

Is there any way that Blubrry and Avada can get together and come up with a solution for this? 

Or is there any way to create a workaround that is forward compatible?
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Shawn Thorpe

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2018, 11:30:18 am »
Please post a link to the feed that's not showing proper descriptions so we can take a closer look at what's going on.

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2018, 01:12:55 pm »
Here is a link to the Podcast feed: http://www.nz365guy.com/feed/podcast
Here is a link to the standard Blog Feed: http://www.nz365guy.com/feed/

Here is an image with the Podcats feed with the plugin Fusion Builder Plugin Deactivated: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao3PlrBuoLJjpoRckNxGxevLEsYHCQ
Here is an image with the Podcast feed with the plugin Fusion Builder Activated: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao3PlrBuoLJjpoRbEMh1l-Ul4OUe9g

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Shawn Thorpe

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2018, 01:19:45 pm »
The Fusion Builder Plugin is stripping out almost all of the data for each post in the podcast feed. Have you tried contacting the Fusion Builder developer to let them know about this? Also, make sure your core WordPress, all plugins, and your WordPress theme are all up to date.

MarkoneNZ

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2018, 01:22:04 pm »
Thanks for the quick response.  Yes, all versions are the latest of everything.  I have also contacted the Fusion Builder team.

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2018, 07:54:45 pm »
I will ask the Blubrry dev team to look at this thread when they can. They may be a bit slower to respond than usual, as one member is out of town.

If you hear anything back from the Fusion Plugin developer, please respond with it here.

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2018, 09:30:34 pm »
So here is an update form the Fusions Builder plugin team:

"The issue with shortcodes in the feed is, the feed plugin developers will need to take care of any such shortcodes; The shortcodes probably need stripped out in the feed as the feed is meant to display regular text.

One way around this which might work, is to add your own custom excerpt text for the posts with simple text by following the "1. How to Add a Custom Excerpt in WordPress (Default)" section on below post:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-customize-wordpress-excerpts-no-coding-required/

If there are still issues, please get in touch with the developers for the feed plugin as feed creation is done by their plugin; Avada doesn't have control over that."

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2018, 10:24:43 pm »
Also, a little more details after they looked into this in more.

This is from them:

"Now, for why the PowerPress plugin doesn't add text from within our fusion builder shortcodes is something the PowerPress people need to look into. It depends on how they handle/strip out shortcodes."

SO how do you handle shortcodes with PowerPress?

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2018, 11:33:45 pm »
I have asked the lead developer of PowerPress to look at this thread. Do you have a contact point you can share for the other plugin developer, just in case?

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Re: Podcast feed not showing ANY descriptions
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2018, 07:46:14 pm »
Here are the details: help@theme-fusion.com I have been work with Michael.