Ektron CMS400.NET Developer Reference Manual

RssAggregator Server Control
An RSS Aggregator or reader takes an RSS feed and displays the
information in a readable format. The RssAggregator Server
Control lets you do the same by processing and displaying an RSS
feed from any Web site. This allows you to create an information
Web page for news, stories, images, lists of music, or for whatever
purpose someone creates an RSS feed.
You can create a multi-level information Web page by using
multiple RssAggregator Server Controls on the same page. For
example, you could create a world news Web page by adding RSS
feeds from the NY Times, The BBC, and AFP (Agence France-
Presse).
The process of adding an RSS Aggregator to your Web site is
simple.
1. Choose a Web form where the RSS Aggregator will reside
2. Drag and drop the RssAggregator Server Control on that Web
form
3. Set the URL property to point at the RSS feed. For example,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/rss.xml
4. Save the Web form
When a visitor to your site views the Web form in a browser, he
sees the RSS feed displayed properly. When he refreshes the Web
page, any information that the RSS feed provider has updated is
now reflected. See Also: ”Using the RssAggregator Server Control”
on page 221
By creating a custom XSLT, you can change the way an RSS feed
is viewed by your site visitors.
This subsection contains the following topics:
• ”RSSAggregator Server Control Properties” on page 220
• ”Using the RssAggregator Server Control” on page 221
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