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/* A RSS reader for Zendesk */

 

<div id="feedContent">

       

</div>

<script type="javascript">

         

Event.observe(window, 'widgets:load', function() {

 

truncate = function(text, length, ellipsis) {    

 

    // Set length and ellipsis to defaults if not defined

    if (typeof length == 'undefined') var length = 100;

    if (typeof ellipsis == 'undefined') var ellipsis = '...';

 

    // Return if the text is already lower than the cutoff

    if (text.length < length) return text;

 

    // Otherwise, check if the last character is a space.

    // If not, keep counting down from the last character

    // until we find a character that is a space

    for (var i = length-1; text.charAt(i) != ' '; i--) {

        length--;

    }

 

    // The for() loop ends when it finds a space, and the length var

    // has been updated so it doesn't cut in the middle of a word.

    return text.substr(0, length) + ellipsis;

}

         

 

       

        $j.get('/proxy/direct?url=http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot', function(d) {

 

               

                $j(d).find('item').each(function(index) {

 

                        //name the current found item this for this particular loop run

                        var $item = $j(this);

                        // grab the post title

                        var title = $item.find('title').text();

 

                        // grab the post's URL

                        var link = $item.find('link').text();

                        // next, the description the second value sets the number of characters to display the 3rd value is what you want the ellipse to be

                        var description = truncate($item.find('description').text(), 200, '...');

                        //don't forget the pubdate

                        var pubDate = $item.find('pubDate').text();

 

                        // now create a var 'html' to store the markup we're using to output the feed to the browser window

                        var html = "<div class=\"rssentry\"><h2 class=\"rsspostTitle\">" + title + "<\/h2>";

                        html += "<em class=\"rssdate\">" + pubDate + "</em>";

                        html += "<p class=\"rssdescription\">" + description + "</p>";

                        html += "<a href=\"" + link + "\" target=\"_blank\">Read More >><\/a><\/div>";

 

 

                        //put that feed content on the screen!

                        $j('#feedContent').append(html);

 

                        // Set the number of items you want displayed remember the count starts at zero

                        if(index > 1) {return false;}  

 

                });

        });

 

 

});

 

</script>