2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/edit.php b/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/edit.php
index 77355bfa4..a721f0e8a 100644
--- a/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/edit.php
+++ b/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/edit.php
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
 
 <p>
 <?php 
-echo elgg_view('input/hidden', array('internalname' => 'params[excerpt]', 'js' => 'id="params[excerpt]"', 'value' => $excerpt ));
+// used a hidden input field so that something is always sent unlike a checkbox
+echo elgg_view('input/hidden', array('internalname' => 'params[excerpt]', 
+									'js' => 'id="params[excerpt]"', 
+									'value' => $excerpt ));
 echo "<input class='input-checkboxes' type='checkbox' value='' name='excerptcheckbox' onclick=\"document.getElementById('params[excerpt]').value = 1 - document.getElementById('params[excerpt]').value;\" ";
 if ($excerpt) {
 	echo "checked='yes'";
@@ -53,7 +56,9 @@ echo ' ' . elgg_echo('simplepie:excerpt');
 
 <p>
 <?php 
-echo elgg_view('input/hidden', array('internalname' => 'params[post_date]', 'js' => 'id="params[post_date]"', 'value' => $post_date ));
+echo elgg_view('input/hidden', array('internalname' => 'params[post_date]', 
+									'js' => 'id="params[post_date]"', 
+									'value' => $post_date ));
 echo "<input class='input-checkboxes' type='checkbox' value='' name='post_datecheckbox' onclick=\"document.getElementById('params[post_date]').value = 1 - document.getElementById('params[post_date]').value;\" ";
 if ($post_date) {
 	echo "checked='yes'";
diff --git a/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/view.php b/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/view.php
index a8d589f98..329b2fb98 100644
--- a/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/view.php
+++ b/views/default/widgets/feed_reader/view.php
@@ -51,12 +51,19 @@ if ($feed_url) {
 		</div>
 <?php 
 		if ($excerpt) {
-			echo '<div class="simplepie_excerpt">' . strip_tags($item->get_description(true), $allow_tags) . '</div>';
+?>
+			<div class="simplepie_excerpt">
+				<?php echo strip_tags($item->get_description(true), $allow_tags); ?>
+			</div>
+<?php
 		}
 
 		if ($post_date) {
 ?>
-		<div class="simplepie_date">Posted on <?php echo $item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a'); ?></div>
+		<div class="simplepie_date">
+			<?php echo elgg_echo('simplepie:postedon'); ?> 
+			<?php echo $item->get_date('j F Y | g:i a'); ?>
+		</div>
 <?php 
 		} 
 ?>