This seems like pretty basic functionality but ActiveCampaign support was not able to help:
I am trying to get a campaign to trigger when I publish a new RSS feed entry. I would like to code the HTML template by hand and use a tag that will pull in the full content of the feed, however when I use a custom html template I am only given the option of the following tags:
%RSS-FEED|URL:|SHOW:ALL%
%RSS:CHANNEL:TITLE%
%RSS-LOOP|LIMIT:10%
%RSS:ITEM:DATE%
%RSS:ITEM:TITLE%
%RSS:ITEM:SUMMARY%
%RSS:ITEM:LINK%
%RSS-LOOP%
%RSS-FEED%
I know this must be possible because I believe it’s an option when using the rag and drop builder.
What tag can I use to pull in the full html content of the entry?
That content is content that lives at your URL, AC will fetch the HTML* at send and use that for the body of the email.
make sure to write valid HTML for all email clients! Just 'cause it renders in a browser does NOT mean it will render in all email clients. I like MJML for this.
This workaround is not ideal given the extra steps that need to be taken for each campaign and room for error. The point I was trying to achieve is to have it automated for nontechnical people. I want to set up a situation where a client or user can write in a CMS and click publish to a blog and then have that content pulled in and sent as a campaign automatically.
For example Mailchimp offers this functionality of pulling in the full content of an RSS feed the same way you’d pull in any other element of the feed.
I guess please consider this a feature request for AC. Thank you!