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RSS <image> Element

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Definition and Usage

The <image> element allows an image to be displayed when aggregators present a feed.

Tips and Notes

Note: The image must be of type GIF, JPEG or PNG.

Child Elements of <image>

Tag	Description
<description>	Optional. Specifies the text in the HTML title attribute of the link around the image
<height>	Optional. Defines the height of the image. Default is 31. Maximum value is 400
<link>	Required. Defines the hyperlink to the website that offers the channel
<title>	Required. Defines the text to display if the image could not be shown
<url>	Required. Specifies the URL to the image
<width>	Optional. Defines the width of the image. Default is 88. Maximum value is 144

Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0">

<channel>
  <title>W3Schools Home Page</title>
  <link>http://www.w3schools.com</link>
  <description>Free web building tutorials</description>
  <image>
    <url>http://www.w3schools.com/images/logo.gif</url>
    <title>W3Schools.com</title>
    <link>http://www.w3schools.com</link>
  </image>
  <item>
    <title>RSS Tutorial</title>
    <link>http://www.w3schools.com/rss</link>
    <description>New RSS tutorial on W3Schools</description>
  </item>
</channel>

</rss>

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