I have a site that I update regularly with MP3s and basically what I want to do is
have my XML parse the data so that in my MP3 selection menu I have all the old
MP3s but also have the selection menu update automatically with the new MP3s that I add to my site.
Also, I have never worked with XML and I find it very weird to work with. (I’m not a network programmer )
Thank you very much to whoever can help me out.
Edit- Yes I have looked at the examples in the SDK and also the Docs, but it’s still difficult for me.
This would be done on the server, so you might use something like PHP or perl to build a list of all mp3 and associateed info, in XML.
XML typically might look like this:
<songs>
<song>
<title>Dance of the River Monkeys</title>
<artist>Apezilla</artist>
<mediafile>http://www.myserver.com/apezilla/dance%20of%20the%20River%20Monkeys.mp3</mediafile>
</song>
<song>
<title>My new Red Shoes</title>
<artist>Shoefetish</artist>
<mediafile>http://www.myserver.com/shoefetish/My%20New%20Red%20Shoes.mp3</mediafile>
</song>
</songs>
Thanks for the reply,
I understand how to have static data now with the info you provided, but I’m still
confused on how to make my data dynamic (updating when I update the server)
without rolling out a new channel update every week I update the server.
“Kapture” wrote:
Thanks for the reply,
I understand how to have static data now with the info you provided, but I’m still
confused on how to make my data dynamic (updating when I update the server)
without rolling out a new channel update every week I update the server.
You would point your code to an XML file that is either dynamically or statically generated on your server. If you code is looking for a specific URL, you just need to update the content at that URL, and the channel will read the new data. No need to build/release a new channel.
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