Thanks that worked -- but why does $item.find("media:thumbnail") not work? I can get the other items with, for example, $item.find ("description"). I guess it is the ':' that makes the difference but why?
Thanks again. On Apr 20, 1:42 pm, Michael Lawson <mjlaw...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > try this > > $("[nodeName=media:thumbnails]"); > > cheers > > Michael Lawson > Content Tools Developer, Global Solutions, ibm.com > Phone: 1-828-355-5544 > E-mail: mjlaw...@us.ibm.com > > 'Examine my teachings critically, as a gold assayer would test gold. If you > find they make sense, conform to your experience, and don't harm yourself > or others, only then should you accept them.' > > From: barton <bartonphill...@gmail.com> > > > To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> > > > Date: 04/20/2009 03:30 PM > > > Subject: [jQuery] Re: AJAX xml problem > > > Is this one just too difficult to answer? > > On Apr 17, 1:08 pm, barton <bartonphill...@gmail.com> wrote:> I have a rss > feed and want to navigate to <media:thumbnails url='.... > > etc. I can't figure out what to use for a selector as the > > media:thumbnails just doesn't work. I am doing a .find(). Any ideas. > > The feed > > ishttp://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_world_edition/front_page/rss.xml> > which I get via a php proxy > > athttp://www.bartonphillips.dyndns.org/test/test.php?xml=1 > > > > > Thanks > > > > graycol.gif > < 1KViewDownload > > ecblank.gif > < 1KViewDownload