Hello, I've recently become interested in hosting an RSS feed script generator on my website, and was able to make one that allows people to generate the script using any RSS feed, and then stick it on their site, and display the info however desired based on the config. You can see what it looks like at http://gutterstar.net/rss.php . My aim was to allow for full control over appearance and layout for best integration with any RSS feed url by the end user.
I've been noticing some strange behavior with some RSS feed builders though, that the script doesn't appear to recognize, and I don't know if this is due to a particular method for building RSS feeds, or is simply a fluke in the RSS XML builder. It could also be that, due to my being blind, I am simply not seeing the behavior outright... But I doubt this, since the HTML principles appear to hold. I was generating my own XML feed ( http://gutterstar.net/books/xml.rss ) using the program RSSBuilder ( http://home.hetnet.nl/~bsoft/rssbuilder/index.htm ), and the program would add HTML markup within the Description tag like so... <item> <title>Woken Furies, by Richard K. Morgan</title> <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 15:40:52 GMT</pubDate> <description><![CDATA[Richard K. Morgan has received widespread praise for his astounding twenty-fifth-century novels featuring Takeshi Kovacs, and has established a growing legion of fans. Mixing classic noir sensibilities with a searing futuristic vision of an age when death is nearly meaningless, Morgan returns to his saga of betrayal, mystery, and revenge, as Takeshi Kovacs, in one fatal moment, joins forces with a mysterious woman who may have the power to shatter Harlan's World forever. Once a gang member, then a marine, then a galaxy-hopping Envoy trained to wreak slaughter and suppression across the stars, a bleeding, wounded Kovacs was chilling out in a New Hokkaido bar when some so-called holy men descended on a slim beauty with tangled, hyperwired hair. An act of quixotic chivalry later and Kovacs was in deep: mixed up with a woman with two names, many powers, and one explosive history. In a world where the real and virtual are one and the same and the dead can come back to life, the damsel in distress may be none other than the infamous Quellcrist Falconer, the vaporized symbol of a freedom now gone from Harlan's World. Kovacs can deal with the madness of AI. He can do his part in a battle against biomachines gone wild, search for a three-centuries-old missing weapons system, and live with a blood feud with the yakuza, and even with the betrayal of people he once trusted. But when his relationship with "the" Falconer brings him an enemy specially designed to destroy him, he knows it's time to be afraid. After all, the guy sent to kill him is himself: but younger, stronger, and straight out of hell. Wild, provocative, and riveting, Woken Furies is a full-bore science fiction spectacular of the highest order -- from one of the most original and spellbinding storytellers at work today.]]></description> <link>http://gutterstar.net/streaming/sm1.php</link> </item> As you can see, the Description tag text is surrounded by the following code syntax: <! DescText > When I display this feed using my script, the XML parser automatically filters out the HTML to get the inner text for display. However, since the syntax above is remarkably similar to the HTML commenting syntax of: <!-- Comments --> This inner text is automatically filtered as invalid HTML. As a result, in order to get the feed to view properly, I have to cut all of this out before posting the feed. This worries me, since I don't know if this use of the <! text > is part of some new RSS format, and if so, it essentially negates all backwards compatibility with current XML parsers. Does anyone know of any PHP or JavaScript libraries or classes that are designed to cope with this particular syntax, or whether or not I need to even be concerned with it? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you, and best wishes, Bryan Garaventa If you're getting "too much mail" then send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this will tell it to stop sending you mail) To change your membership use THIS WEB PAGE: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (here you can set your mail to digest, no mail or LEAVE the list) To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/syndic8/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
