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 An RSS Block will merge in content from an RSS feed (such as your blog) when an email is sent. You can control the layout of the block by placing and formatting mergefields. RSS Blocks can also be told to repeat, for example to get the last five blog posts.
-RSS content can be merged into broadcast emails, [[autoresponders|autoresponders]], or you can create [[rss-automations|RSS Automations]] that will watch your RSS feed and sent emails automatically when new content is available.
+RSS content can be merged into broadcast emails, [[autoresponders|autoresponders]], or you can create [[rss-automations|RSS Automations]] that will watch your RSS feed and send emails automatically when new content is available.
 ===== Enable an RSS Block =====
-Before you can merge RSS content into a block, you must first enable this feature from Layout Mode.
+Before you can merge RSS content into a block, you must first enable this on the block via Layout Mode.
   - Go to Layout Mode
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 | Maximum Items | The maximum number of items or stories to show (up to 25). |
 | Look Back Period | Determines how far we should look back for items to repeat. Works with the Item Date Node. |
+===== Designing an RSS Block =====
+Once you have enabled RSS on a block, you can get the text to add the mergefields for your content.
+{{:rss-block.png?nolink|}}