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Display rss.xml feed in Flash
Is there a way to display an rss.xml feed in Flash. The feed looks like this:
feed://mySite.mySite-dev.c
feed://mySite.mySite-dev.c
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Hi, Walker6o9. I just saw your post today. Maybe I can help a little bit.
RSS is a specialized form of XML, with a tag set limited to just those things that are needed for syndication, podcasting, etc. The file name suffix is usually ".xml" but my FF browser recognizes ".rss" also.
When you publish a feed, all you do is write the XML file into a predictable file location on your server. When a client subscribes to the feed, his RSS reader (activated by an internal timer) reads the XML file from that file location on your server and checks the date in rss->channel->pubDate against its last pubDate for this feed. If the pubDate is newer, it alerts you to the updated RSS feed. Obviously, you must keep your RSS feed in the same place (same URL) forever, since all your clients will be lost if you change that URL.
That's the handshake. What clients do with the RSS on the client end is up to each client. Some clients read RSS feeds for news, others listen to audio or watch video clips, etc. It will depend on what you're publishing.
Here is the RSS feed from my church:
http://www.nationalpres.org/rss/sermons.xml
See the code snippet for how we provide the link. If we had a flash site, we would provide the link exactly the same way you would provide other links in flash.
Does that help? Best regards, ~Ray
RSS is a specialized form of XML, with a tag set limited to just those things that are needed for syndication, podcasting, etc. The file name suffix is usually ".xml" but my FF browser recognizes ".rss" also.
When you publish a feed, all you do is write the XML file into a predictable file location on your server. When a client subscribes to the feed, his RSS reader (activated by an internal timer) reads the XML file from that file location on your server and checks the date in rss->channel->pubDate against its last pubDate for this feed. If the pubDate is newer, it alerts you to the updated RSS feed. Obviously, you must keep your RSS feed in the same place (same URL) forever, since all your clients will be lost if you change that URL.
That's the handshake. What clients do with the RSS on the client end is up to each client. Some clients read RSS feeds for news, others listen to audio or watch video clips, etc. It will depend on what you're publishing.
Here is the RSS feed from my church:
http://www.nationalpres.org/rss/sermons.xml
See the code snippet for how we provide the link. If we had a flash site, we would provide the link exactly the same way you would provide other links in flash.
Does that help? Best regards, ~Ray
<p>The NPC web site offers this feed:
<a class=rss_square href="http://www.nationalpres.org/rss/sermons.xml">Sermons and Homilies</a>
</p>
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feed://mySite.mySite-dev.c
And the format for this tutorial (and the ones I've found so far) are in this format:
http://www.flashmagazine.com/syndicated/flashmag.rss