RSS Headline Readers

Hi Scott,

Your post led me to do some searching on Google for a good solid RSS reader widget. After looking at some of the available solutions I decided to try rolling out my own.

I just put this together over the last few hours so it hasn't been looked at by our graphic designer... meaning it's not the most beautiful widget, but for now this may help you get started with a solid RSS reader for any of your websites.

Just paste the following code where you want the feed to appear, and don't forget to modify the feed value with the RSS feed url of your choice.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.realtown.com/js/realtown/widgets/rss.js"></script>::TAG_PLACEHOLDER 9:: <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
(function(){
// Replace feed value with the feed you want to use
var feed = 'http://www.realtown.com/rss';::TAG_PLACEHOLDER 9:: RT.Widgets.Rss.display(feed);
})();
//-->
</script>

Note: If you want to change the size, you can do so by specifying a few more parameters. Here's the same script with all of the available parameters:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.realtown.com/js/realtown/widgets/rss.js"></script>::TAG_PLACEHOLDER 9:: <script type="text/javascript">
<!--
(function(){
// Replace feed value with the feed you want to use
var feed = 'http://www.realtown.com/rss'; // your feed
var id = 'mywidget'; // unique id
var height = 500; // height in pixels
var width = 300; // width in pixels
RT.Widgets.Rss.display(feed, id, height, width);
})();
//-->
</script>

I hope this helps! :)

Hi Scott,

Your post led me to do some searching on Google for a good solid RSS reader widget. After looking at some of the available solutions I decided to try rolling out my own.

I just put this together over the last few hours so it hasn't been looked at by our graphic designer... meaning it's not the most beautiful widget, but for now this may help you get started with a solid RSS reader for any of your websites.

Just paste the following code where you want the feed to appear, and don't forget to modify the feed value with the RSS feed url of your choice.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.realtown.com/js/realtown/widgets/rss.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
(function(){
// Replace feed value with the feed you want to use
var feed = 'http://www.realtown.com/rss';
RT.Widgets.Rss.display(feed);
})();
//-->
</script>

Note: If you want to change the size, you can do so by specifying a few more parameters. Here's the same script with all of the available parameters:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.realtown.com/js/realtown/widgets/rss.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
(function(){
// Replace feed value with the feed you want to use
var feed = 'http://www.realtown.com/rss'; // your feed
var id = 'mywidget'; // unique id
var height = 500; // height in pixels
var width = 300; // width in pixels
RT.Widgets.Rss.display(feed, id, height, width);
})();
//-->
</script>

I hope this helps! :)

Hector -

All I've been able to do with the script is switch from my desktop back to the Word document where I pasted your script. Help!

Kathie

Quoting Kathie Moore:

Hector -

All I've been able to do with the script is switch from my desktop back to the Word document where I pasted your script. Help!

Kathie

Hi Kathie,

The script above should be pasted into the source code of your website. Are you able to access that code? Are you using WordPress or another blogging or content management system? If so you may need to paste that into your template. Let me know if you need any more help.