//http://www.javascriptkit.com/dhtmltutors/rssdisplayer.js

google.load("feeds", "1") //Load Google Ajax Feed API (version 1)
		
		function rssdisplayer(divid, url, feedlimit, showoptions){
		this.showoptions=showoptions || "" //get string of options to show ("date" and/or "description")
		var feedpointer=new google.feeds.Feed(url) //create new instance of Google Ajax Feed API
		feedpointer.setNumEntries(feedlimit) //set number of items to display
		document.write('<div id="'+divid+'">Loading feed...</div>')
		this.feedcontainer=document.getElementById(divid)
		var displayer=this
		feedpointer.load(function(r){displayer.formatoutput(r)}) //call Feed.load() to retrieve and output RSS feed
		}
		
		
		rssdisplayer.prototype.formatdate=function(datestr){
		var itemdate=new Date(datestr)
		return "<span style='color:gray; font-size: 90%'>"+itemdate.toLocaleString()+"</span>"
		}
		
		
		rssdisplayer.prototype.formatoutput=function(result){
		if (!result.error){ //if RSS feed successfully fetched
		var thefeeds=result.feed.entries //get all feed entries as a JSON array
		var rssoutput=""
		for (var i=0; i<thefeeds.length; i++){ //loop through entries
		var itemtitle="<a href=\"" + thefeeds[i].link + "\">" + thefeeds[i].title + "</a>"
		var itemdate=/date/i.test(this.showoptions)? this.formatdate(thefeeds[i].publishedDate) : ""
		var itemdescription=/description/i.test(this.showoptions)? "<br />"+thefeeds[i].content : /snippet/i.test(this.showoptions)? "<br />"+thefeeds[i].contentSnippet  : ""
		rssoutput+="" + itemtitle + " " + itemdate + itemdescription + "<br />"
		}
		rssoutput+=""
		this.feedcontainer.innerHTML=rssoutput
		}
		else //else, output error
		alert("Error fetching feeds: "+result.error.message)
		}