Hello out there. Its been a long time ago since last visit.... But i'd installed version 7.2.2 and has also struggeled with feeds in custom boxes.
If you running PHP5, there is a function called
simplexml_load_file which works excellent.
The code generates a link, a date, and a short description with 45 chars. Replace the url to the wanted feed in $feed
$feed = simplexml_load_file("http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/service/feeds/allenyheder");
$taeller = 0;
$antal = 5; foreach($feed->channel->item as $item){
while($taeller<$antal){
if (strlen($item->description) > 45) {
$item->description = substr($item->description , 0, 45);
}
$pubdate=strtotime($item->pubDate);
$pubtime = $html->convert_time($pubdate);
$dateinfo = <<<EOF
<span class="small">
$pubtime
</span>
EOF;
$link = utf8_decode("<a href='{$item->link}' target='_blank'>{$item->title}</a><br />");
$description= utf8_decode("{$item->description}...<br />");
$body.= <<<EOF
<tr>
<td class="{$style_side}alt-1" align="left">$link
$dateinfo <br />
$description
</td>
</tr>
EOF;
break;
}
$taeller ++;
}