Ektron CMS400.NET Developer Reference Manual

Syndicating via .NET
Architecture of RSS Syndication
aspx pages
Syndicating Web Content as RSS
You can use an aspx page as a URL to dynamically create and
return RSS documents.To display an RSS feed on a Web site, the
site administrator identifies the URL of the aspx page. The
aggregator determines how to use the document’s elements, such
as , and , to display the syndicated
content.
The sample aspx templates (RSS_ListSummary.aspx and
RSS_Collection.aspx) are installed by default to localhost/
CMS400Example folder. They use the WebService.ContentWS
class to retrieve the collection or list summary data. Then, they
create CollectionToRSS20 or ListSummaryToRSS20. These
classes fill the RSS 2.0 data classes and serialize them to an XML
document, which can be returned as an HTTP response.
Since these pages are part of the CMS400.NET sample, you
should modify them or create your own aspx pages for your Web
site. Place your custom pages in the yourwebsite/WebServices/ folder
so that the web.config file is within the path.
Retrieving a Collection or List Summary as an RSS Feed
The left frame of the corporate.aspx page is hardcoded to retrieve
the News Collection. The right frame retrieves a ListSummary.
Creating Your Own aspx Collection Page
To create your own collection page, copy the collection object to an
RSS 2.0 object and serialize it. To accomplish this, use these
methods.
ConvertToRSS(ByVal result CMS400WS.CollectionResult, ByVal
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