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Main CSS class names

You can change these in the scripts if you wish
xt_feed = outer container (purple)
xt_feed_select = feed selector container (blue)
xt_feed_title = feed title (red)
xt_feed_inner = inner container (yellow)
xt_feed_item = (cyan) added via template
xt_pagination = pagination container (green)

Settings Xtscript

must go above the main Xtscript

Main Xtscript

Must go below the settings Xtscript

# Outer container
print <div id="xt_feed" class="xt_feed">

# Feed selection menu
var $offset=0
var $action=<xt:url noquery="yes"/>
print <div class="xt_feed_select">
print <form class="form" action="$action" method="post">
print <select class="select" name="feed">
@loop0
var $next_feed = call strpos $haystack=$feeds,;$needle=,;$offset=$offset
if not $next_feed
goto @end_select
endif
var $this_feed= call substr $val=$feeds,;$start=$offset;$length=($next_feed-$offset)
var $split=call strpos $haystack=$this_feed;$needle=|
var $option_title=call substr $val=$this_feed;$start=0;$length=$split
if $feed==$this_feed
print <option value="$this_feed" selected="selected">
else 
print <option value="$this_feed">
endif
print $option_title</option>
var $offset=($next_feed+1)
goto @loop0
@end_select
# Submit and close form
print  </select><input class="xt_button submit" type="submit" value="go"/></form></div>
# Main RSS function call
var $feed_split=call strpos $haystack=$feed;$needle=|
var $feed_title=call substr $val=$feed;$start=0;$length=$feed_split
var $feed_title=<h2>$feed_title</h2>
var $feed_url= call substr $val=$feed;$start=($feed_split+1)
get_or_default __xt_content_page;1
var $count=1
var $offset=2
var $template=call htmlspecialchars $val=$template
var $feed=<xt:feed feed="$feed_url" number="$items" template="||$template" />||
var $feed_end=call strlen $val=$feed

print <div class="xt_feed_title">$feed_title</div>
print <div class="xt_feed_inner">
print 
@loop
var $start_item=$offset
var $end_item=call strpos $haystack=$feed;$needle=||;$offset=$offset
if not $count > ($__xt_content_page*$per_page) or not $count <= ($__xt_content_page-1*$per_page)
call substr $val=$feed;$start=$start_item;$length=($end_item-$start_item-6)
endif
if $count==$per_page
print 
var $count=0
endif
var $offset=($end_item+2)
if $offset < $feed_end
var $count=($count+1)
goto @loop
endif
print 
print </div>
# Close outer container
print </div>

Time ago xtscript/javascript

Must go below the main Xtscript
For "time ago" conversion to work
.pubDate. must be wrapped in a element named pubdate in the $template variable

if $time_ago
print_raw {{
<script type="text/javascript"> 
// Function
function timeAgo (dateString) {
var rightNow = new Date();
var then = new Date(dateString);
var diff = rightNow - then;
var second = 1000,
minute = second * 60,
hour = minute * 60,
day = hour * 24,
week = day * 7;
if (isNaN(diff) || diff < 0) {return ""; }
if (diff < second * 2) {return "right now";}
if (diff < minute) {return Math.floor(diff / second) + " seconds ago";}
if (diff < minute * 2) {return "about 1 minute ago";}
if (diff < hour) {return Math.floor(diff / minute) + " minutes ago";}
if (diff < hour * 2) {return "about 1 hour ago";}
if (diff < day) {return  Math.floor(diff / hour) + " hours ago";}
if (diff > day && diff < day * 2) {return "yesterday";}
if (diff < day * 365) {return Math.floor(diff / day) + " days ago";}
else {return "over a year ago";} 
}
// Function call
a=document.getElementsByName('pubdate');
for (b=0;b<a.length;b++){
c=Date.parse(a[b].innerText);
a[b].innerText=timeAgo(c);}
</script>
}}
endif