# RSS feed improvements: absolute URLs, atom:link and XML escaping

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rss-feed-improvements-absolute-urls-atom-link-and-xml-escaping/56946>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [July 8, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rss-feed-improvements-absolute-urls-atom-link-and-xml-escaping/56946 "2026-07-08T12:09:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pegasus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/pegasus/32/25035_2.png) [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rss-feed-improvements-absolute-urls-atom-link-and-xml-escaping/56946/1 "2026-07-08T12:09:01Z")

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@ben

Could you please adjust the RSS feed in the new build?

Ideally, `<link>` and `<guid>` should contain absolute URLs, not only relative paths.

Also, `xmlns:atom` is currently declared, but no `atom:link` is used. It would make sense to add this inside `<channel>`:

```auto
<atom:link href="https://www.mydomain.com/rss/news.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />

```

```auto
<item>
  <title>Neue Geschäfte Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt/Main</title>
  <link>https://www.mydomain.com/news/frankfurt-hauptbahnhof-neue-b-ebene-diese-laeden-haben-geoeffnet</link>
  <description>Nach dem Umbau: Diese Geschäfte haben jetzt in Frankfurts neuer B-Ebene geöffnet. Nach mehreren Jahren Bauzeit nimmt die neugestaltete B-Ebene des Frankfurter Hauptbahnhofs Schritt für Schritt Gestalt an. Mit der...</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
  <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.mydomain.com/news/frankfurt-hauptbahnhof-neue-b-ebene-diese-laeden-haben-geoeffnet</guid>
  <category>neueröffnungen</category>
  <category>hessen</category>
  <category>frankfurt-main</category>
  <category>hauptbahnhof</category>
</item>

```

Please also make sure that special characters are properly escaped in the XML. Especially `&` should be written as `&amp;`.

Example:

```auto
<channel>
  <title>mydomain.com - Latest News</title>
  <description>RSS feed for the latest news on kaufsonntag.de</description>
  <link>https://www.mydomain.com/</link>
  <atom:link href="https://www.mydomain.com/rss/news.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
  <language>de-DE</language>
  <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:52:10 +0200</lastBuildDate>

```

Would it be possible to include this in the next build?

If it is not too complex, it would also be great to add the image path for the blog post header image.

This would be a very useful improvement. At the moment, the RSS feed can only be used in a limited way in its current form.

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**Author:** ![ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ben/32/28488_2.png) [@ben](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ben)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rss-feed-improvements-absolute-urls-atom-link-and-xml-escaping/56946/2 "2026-09-03T08:14:53Z")

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this will be fixed in the next build 👍