Rss and Webcat and conversion

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2006


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 63787
interpreted = N
texte = Hi all, read everything about RSS in the talk list and looking for a little help: I want to convert a news blog thing into an RSS feed. It seems the last bit, getting it to validate, is the tricky part. As I understand it, I need to encode in UTF-8 - which is not my first, second or third language. Now, I have a xmlconversion table that I use for basic conversions, but this doesn't seem to cut the mustard as it were, or do what I need it to do: ToFrom %0B<br> <br> & & << >> "" '' Here is my current feed: http://63.249.18.59/tthnewsfeed.rss For example, I think/know I am getting stuck on the space in this link, which I meant to rewrite, but am presently stuck with. I am afraid as soon as I get past this, I'll run into ten more things that don't validate properly. http://www.thehip.com/Resources-ViewDetail.html?IDNUM=2085&Inf oType1=00&mediaType1=News - News Item&detail=more&SearchAction=viewDResults I guess I am looking for some pointers, information, help or a great, all in one conversion db for rss feeds (if anybody has one that they could share) in turning web dna, dynamic content into an RSS feed. I am currently using write methodology from the archives to create the actual feed. Thanks. David. [WriteFile tthnewsfeed.rss] The Tragically Hip News Feed TTH news, events and updated information. http://www.thehip.com/ [Date format=%a, %d %b %Y %X] GMT webmaster@thehip.com (MAv.) en-us [/WriteFile]  [search db=databases/news.db&eqmediaTypedatarq=News - News Item&TimelineDateNumsort=1&TimelineDateNumsdir=de&max=[MyMax]&TimelineDa teNumtype=num&TimelineTimeNum=num&eqstatusdatarq=live] [founditems] [AppendFile tthnewsfeed.rss] [ConvertChars db=databases/customConvertXML.db][unurl][news_title][/unurl][/ConvertCha rs] [ConvertChars db=databases/customConvertXML.db]http://www.thehip.com/Resources-ViewDet ail.html?IDNUM=[IDNUM]&InfoType1=[InfoType]&mediaType1=[MediaType]&detai l=more&SearchAction=viewDResults[/ConvertChars]  [Format Days_To_Date %a, %d %b %Y][TimelineDateNum][/Format] [Format Seconds_To_Time][TimelineTimeNum][/Format] GMT [ConvertChars db=databases/customConvertXML.db][unurl][description][/unurl][/ConvertCh ars] [/AppendFile][/founditems][/search] [AppendFile tthnewsfeed.rss] [/AppendFile] ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Rss and Webcat and conversion ( "David Bastedo" 2006)
Hi all, read everything about RSS in the Talk List and looking for a little help: I want to convert a news blog thing into an RSS feed. It seems the last bit, getting it to validate, is the tricky part. As I understand it, I need to encode in UTF-8 - which is not my first, second or third language. Now, I have a xmlconversion table that I use for basic conversions, but this doesn't seem to cut the mustard as it were, or do what I need it to do: ToFrom %0B<br> <br> & & << >> "" '' Here is my current feed: http://63.249.18.59/tthnewsfeed.rss For example, I think/know I am getting stuck on the space in this link, which I meant to rewrite, but am presently stuck with. I am afraid as soon as I get past this, I'll run into ten more things that don't validate properly. http://www.thehip.com/Resources-ViewDetail.html?IDNUM=2085&Inf oType1=00&mediaType1=News - News Item&detail=more&SearchAction=viewDResults I guess I am looking for some pointers, information, help or a great, all in one conversion db for rss feeds (if anybody has one that they could share) in turning web dna, dynamic content into an RSS feed. I am currently using write methodology from the archives to create the actual feed. Thanks. David. [WriteFile tthnewsfeed.rss] The Tragically Hip News Feed TTH news, events and updated information. http://www.thehip.com/ [Date format=%a, %d %b %Y %X] GMT webmaster@thehip.com (MAv.) en-us [/WriteFile]  [search db=databases/news.db&eqmediaTypedatarq=News - News Item&TimelineDateNumsort=1&TimelineDateNumsdir=de&max=[MyMax]&TimelineDa teNumtype=num&TimelineTimeNum=num&eqstatusdatarq=live] [founditems] [AppendFile tthnewsfeed.rss] [ConvertChars db=databases/customConvertXML.db]<a target="_parent" href="page.dna?numero=271">[unurl]</a>[news_title][/unurl][/ConvertCha rs] [ConvertChars db=databases/customConvertXML.db]http://www.thehip.com/Resources-ViewDet ail.html?IDNUM=[IDNUM]&InfoType1=[InfoType]&mediaType1=[MediaType]&detai l=more&SearchAction=viewDResults[/ConvertChars]  [Format Days_To_Date %a, %d %b %Y][TimelineDateNum][/Format] [Format Seconds_To_Time][TimelineTimeNum][/Format] GMT [ConvertChars db=databases/customConvertXML.db][unurl][description][/unurl][/ConvertCh ars] [/AppendFile][/founditems][/search] [AppendFile tthnewsfeed.rss] [/AppendFile] ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "David Bastedo"

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