Thanks,
I made a small webpart that can be used for this purpose over the weekend. See below:
RSSFeed.ascx:
%@ Control Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeFile="RSSFeed.ascx.vb" Inherits="CMSWebParts_MyWebParts_RSSFeed" %>
<asp:Label ID="RssFeed" runat="server">
</asp:Label>
RSSFeed.ascx.vb:
Imports CMS.PortalControls
Imports CMS.GlobalHelper
Imports CMS.TreeEngine
Imports CMS.CMSHelper
Imports CMS.ExtendedControls
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Xsl
' Control to allow and RSS feed to be displayed and transformed
'
' PAH 27/07/2008 First version
'
Partial Class CMSWebParts_MyWebParts_RSSFeed
Inherits CMSAbstractWebPart
Private Sub OutputRSS(ByVal RSSUrl As String, ByVal TransformUrl As String)
Dim _xmlDocument As XmlDocument
Dim _xmlOutput As XmlDocument
Dim _xmlReader As XmlReader
Dim _xslTransform As XslTransform
Try
_xmlDocument = New XmlDocument()
_xmlOutput = New XmlDocument()
_xslTransform = New XslTransform()
_xmlDocument.Load(RSSUrl)
_xslTransform.Load(TransformUrl)
_xmlReader = _xslTransform.Transform(_xmlDocument, New XsltArgumentList())
_xmlOutput.Load(_xmlReader)
RssFeed.Text = _xmlOutput.OuterXml
Catch
RssFeed.Text = "<p>Feed is currently unavailble.</p>"
End Try
End Sub
' Read RSS, transform and output result when placeholder control is rendered
Protected Sub RssFeed_PreRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles RssFeed.PreRender
OutputRSS(CType(PartInstance.GetValue("RssUrl"), String), CType(PartInstance.GetValue("TransformUrl"), String))
End Sub
End Class
Web part just uses the two properties RssUrl and TranformUrl and applies the XSLT transform to the feed to convert the data. A bit of googling founds some XSLT examples to format the RSS feeds as required.
If you can see any issues with this let me know.
Maybe for the next release it might be a useful webpart to consider.
Thanks
Paul