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Images in Feeds

Atom Feed Images

Images included within Atom feeds must have a ratio of 1:1 or 2:1; Use <icon> xml element for urls targeting 1:1 images, and use <logo> xml element for urls targeting 2:1 images; place either element in the <feed> element:


<feed>
   <icon>http://domain.tld/path/icon.ico</icon>
   <logo>http://domain.tld/path/logo.gif</logo>
</feed>

rss Feed Images

Images including with rss feeds have a maximum width of 144px and a maximum height of 400px; if dimensions are not specified, width default is 31px and height default is 88px.

Note: .ico icons are not currently supported in rss.

rss permits including additional image data via specified xml elements, as shown below:


<channel>
   <image>
      <url>http://domain.tld/path/site_logo.jpg</url> // *required! - the URL of the image
      <title>The alt attribute of the image</title>   // *required! - the image alt attribute
      <link>http://domain.tld/my_blog/</link>         // *required! - the URL of the website
      <width>111</width>                              // the image width
      <height>33</height>                             // the image height
      <description>An amazing website</description>   // the link title attribute
   </image>
</channel>

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