For my CS332A final, I decided to make an RSS feed that listed my most recently updated projects for the eFiction script including skins, modifications, and plug-in type functions such as blocks and panels. I installed it in the header of my personal site (rather than crux, which seems to hate me right now) so RSS capable browsers would automatically make it available to my users.

XML Project Feed: project.xml

I originally wanted to do both an RSS feed as well as an XML document listing all my available projects. The RSS feed came together quickly, though I did have some problems getting it to validate correctly. (I kept wanting to use 4 letter month abbreviations and it took me a while to realize it wanted only 3 letter abbreviations.) Unfortunately, I didn’t have the same luck with my project list. I guess I didn’t understand XSL as well as I thought I did, because I’m having a problem figuring out what I’m doing wrong.

If you’d like to see my project list XML document, you can find it here: full_project_list.xml

I do plan on finishing it up eventually, I really do need something to keep my projects straight. Once I finish up the rest of my finals, I’ll probably return to it just to see if I can finish before midnight.