ok, so the rss ticker I was using before still won't work with the few tweaks that I had made.
it's completely outdated anyway. So I am looking around right now to find a new or to maybe even setup something else in it's place that shows the last few posts made on the forum like before so it's a little easier to keep updated for those who don't remember to click on the forum link and find out. Plus I know others liked to post so that if they had an event to show for the room they could post and it would show. I'll have something soon. I have been testing a couple recently.