Modifying the IE Aero RSS Reader widget to retrieve a Google Feed
Monday, October 10, 2005 by WeeScunner | Discussion: DesktopX
I posted this in the comment section of the Aero RSS widget, but I thought I'd repost here in case anyone was interested in hacking their own RSS feed...
In DesktopX Builder mode, import the Internet Explorer Aero RSS-Reader widget. Right click on the main widget border and choose "Edit Script".
The script editor will appear, and you should see the following on line 9:
http.Open "GET", "h t t p://www.wincustomize.com/backend/wincustnews.xml", False
I've deliberately inserted spaces within the h t t p tag so that the forum doesn't convert it into a link. Just omit those spaces when editing the code.
Comment this line out by putting a single ' at the start of the line so it now reads:
'http.Open "GET", "h t t p://www.wincustomize.com/backend/wincustnews.xml", False
The font should be green and italicised. This is standard VB formatting for commented-out code.
Or instead of commenting-out the line, you could always delete it.
Regardless, add a new line with the following:
http.Open "GET", "h t t p://news.google.com/news?ned=us&topic=h&output=rss", False
Leave everything else the same. Click File > Save and Apply and close the script editor.
All being well, the RSS feed should change immediately to that of Google News' top stories.
You can change the feeds from Google, or even have multiple news widgets running with different feeds by changing the topic parameter in the URL to one of the following:
Top News - topic=h
World - topic=w
US - topic=n
Business - topic=b
Sci/Tech - topic=t
Health - topic=m
Sports - topic=s
Entertainment - topic=e
In DesktopX Builder mode, import the Internet Explorer Aero RSS-Reader widget. Right click on the main widget border and choose "Edit Script".
The script editor will appear, and you should see the following on line 9:
http.Open "GET", "h t t p://www.wincustomize.com/backend/wincustnews.xml", False
I've deliberately inserted spaces within the h t t p tag so that the forum doesn't convert it into a link. Just omit those spaces when editing the code.
Comment this line out by putting a single ' at the start of the line so it now reads:
'http.Open "GET", "h t t p://www.wincustomize.com/backend/wincustnews.xml", False
The font should be green and italicised. This is standard VB formatting for commented-out code.
Or instead of commenting-out the line, you could always delete it.
Regardless, add a new line with the following:
http.Open "GET", "h t t p://news.google.com/news?ned=us&topic=h&output=rss", False
Leave everything else the same. Click File > Save and Apply and close the script editor.
All being well, the RSS feed should change immediately to that of Google News' top stories.
You can change the feeds from Google, or even have multiple news widgets running with different feeds by changing the topic parameter in the URL to one of the following:
Top News - topic=h
World - topic=w
US - topic=n
Business - topic=b
Sci/Tech - topic=t
Health - topic=m
Sports - topic=s
Entertainment - topic=e
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