For this SWF to work properly an external PHP file is required. It won’t work without it so please check whether your server has a support for PHP (4.4 and up). Required PHP file is included in package and all you need to do is to place it in the same folder along with SWF of RSS Reader. No customization required.

Introduction

rssReader is, guess what, a Realy Simple Syndication file format reader. It may read 1.0 as well as 2.0 feed formatted xml. For a case certain feed source contains images – it will display 110×90px thumbnail along with the header, date of feed and short description text. Header is a link to the feed source. This rssReader may work in AUTO or MANUAL mode. As you may guess, it will scroll feed items automatically or display buttons for manual scroll. Another great feature of this RSS reader is that you may add unlimited number of RSS feed channels! It can be done by editing one simple XML file (navig.xml). Later in this article you will learn how to do that. It’s simple, trust me.

Limitations

Some RSS feeds providers does not provide standard 1.0 or 2.0 formatted feeds. Sometimes they include their own tags which are not supported in rssFeeder. Please note that this may lead to certain errors or not properly formatted feed items. Width as well as Height of rssReader are locked to 300×360px. I will charge $50 for customization but if you can do it on your own – go ahead. Code is well commented and experienced programmers will certainly know how-to. Font sizes are locked as well. My opinion is that these proportions/relation between header/date/text/image is perfect. You can change it if you like (they are all settable through variables) but I didn’t want to make it optional.

Customization

Everything else except Width and Height can be customized:

rssReader look and feel

* AUTO or MANUAL mode
* if AUTO mode, set number of seconds to wait for the next item feed
* background color
* hilite and shadow color (background)
* separator color
* font face
* feed items header color
* feed items date color
* feed items description color
* if AUTO mode, set color of the timer bar

Channels Bar

* font face
* font color
* font color rollOver
* hilite and shadow color (background)
* hilite and shadow color rollOver (background)