Sharepoint RSS feed description fields as elements
- by Jay
Hello,
This is my first time working with RSS but I am fluent with XML/XSL. I have a RSS feed that I am pulling from a list in Sharepoint. The sample XML is below.
The RSS description element parses the various columns (Body, Expires, Attachments) that are in the Sharepoint list automatically. I know that from the list I can control which fields are included in the description, but this is not what I am looking to do.
Is there any way to force the fields to come through in an XML element format instead of the CDATA that converted to HTML? For example, I may want to check a priority field and if it is important when applying the XSL I would bold red it or something. Since this is in the HTML/CDATA format it makes it messy to parse that field.
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Announcements</title>
<link>http://somewebsite/Announcements/Current.aspx</link>
<description>RSS feed for the Announcements list.</description>
<lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:31:01 GMT</lastBuildDate>
<generator>Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator</generator>
<ttl>1</ttl>
<image>
<title>Announcements</title>
<url>/_layouts/images/homepage.gif</url>
<link>http://somewebsite/Announcements/Current.aspx</link>
</image>
<item>
<title>Woohoo a post! </title>
<link>http://somewebsite/Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=36</link>
<description>
<![CDATA[<div><b>Body:</b> <div>
<div>The attached email was sent from chairman and CEO on Tuesday March 3, 2009.</div>
<div></div></div></div>
<div><b>Expires:</b> 7/30/2009</div>
<div><b>Attachments:</b> <a href="http://somewebsite/Woohoo.htm">http://somewebsite/Woohoo.htm</a><br><a href=""></a></div>
]]>
</description>
<author>Me, Myself and I</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:38:32 GMT</pubDate>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://somewebsite/Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=69</guid>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
