That seems to be an artifact of IE's processing of RSS. The URL of the
subscribed page (as seen in the Properties of the page) is:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/community/rss.xml
which is what the shortened url http://aka.ms/AtHomeRSS expands to.

On 16 July 2013 22:20, Mark Hurd <[email protected]> wrote:
> OK, I see now, once you actually subscribe there's no xsl.
>
> On 16 July 2013 22:08, Mark Hurd <[email protected]> wrote:
>> When I view source of http://aka.ms/AtHomeRSS the second line is:
>> <?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='RssPretty.xslt' version='1.0'?>
>>
>> On 16 July 2013 18:31, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Sorry, I can’t see any explicit XSLT file referenced in the RSS (View
>>> Source, in Internet Explorer) – and I would have thought that saving the XML
>>> file itself and then opening that in IE, then either (if explicitly named)
>>> the browser would locate the XSLT, or ( as you suggested) “ If it's not
>>> specified or if the file is missing, IE will just use a default one which is
>>> the XML view you saw.” – but not true.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, I’m still in ignorance.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Thomas
>>>
>>> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of David Richards
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013 10:49 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> To: ozDotNet
>>> Subject: Re: [OT] RSS feed formatting
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Its referenced in the file.  Just look at the source, you'll see it at the
>>> top of the file.  If it's not specified or if the file is missing, IE will
>>> just use a default one which is the XML view you saw.
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes
>>>  will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!"
>>>  -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 July 2013 10:01, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I did assume there was an XSLT file behind, but I don’t think it is
>>> referenced – or is it – in the XML itself? Is it always, or is there a
>>> default name for the transformation file?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Thomas
>>>
>>> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of David Richards
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 16 July 2013 9:03 AM
>>> To: ozDotNet
>>> Subject: Re: [OT] RSS feed formatting
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You're not saving the CSS.  In the example you gave, try grabbing the CSS
>>> file as well:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/community/RssPretty.xslt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> "If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes
>>>  will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!"
>>>  -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 16 July 2013 08:54, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is a naïve question, maybe someone can explain.
>>>
>>> If I browse to an RSS feed (eg, Microsoft at Work) the browser formats it
>>> consistently. Yet, saving the XML file itself and then later opening the
>>> saved-to-disk file in the same browser (eg, IE10) the display is the
>>> standard XML syntax-highlighted view for any XML file.
>>>
>>> What is happening?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Thomas
>>>
>>> Victoria Park, Western Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)



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