// File: readXML.js
// Start function when DOM has completely loaded
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
// Open the news.xml file
jQuery.get("news/news.xml",{},function(xml){
// Build an HTML string
myHTMLOutput = '';
myHTMLOutput += '';
// Run the function for each news tag in the XML file
jQuery('news',xml).each(function(i) {
newsHeadline = jQuery(this).find("headline").text();
newsDetail = jQuery(this).find("detail").text();
newsDate = jQuery(this).find("date").text();
// Build row HTML data and store in string
mydata = BuildNewsHTML(newsHeadline,newsDetail,newsDate);
myHTMLOutput = myHTMLOutput + mydata;
});
myHTMLOutput += '
';
// Update the DIV called news with the HTML string
jQuery("#news").append(myHTMLOutput);
});
});
function BuildNewsHTML(newsHeadline,newsDetail,newsDate,newsSE){
// Build HTML string and return
output = '';
output += '';
output += '| • '+ newsHeadline +' | ';
output += '
';
output += '';
output += '| '+ newsDetail +' | ';
output += ''+ newsDate +' | ';
output += '
';
return output;
}