var xmlURL = "dailies/wp-rss2.php";
var containerDIV = document.getElementById("dailies-homepage");
var rssResults = 1;

var req;
loadXMLDoc(xmlURL);
function loadXMLDoc(url) {
	req = false;
    // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
    if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    	try {
			req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        } catch(e) {
			req = false;
        }
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
       	try {
        	req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      	} catch(e) {
        	try {
          		req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        	} catch(e) {
          		req = false;
        	}
		}
    }
	if(req) {
		req.onreadystatechange=function() {
			if (req.readyState==4) {
				outputRSS(req.responseXML);
		 	}
		}
		req.open("GET", url, true);
		req.send(null);
	}
}
function outputRSS(rssDoc) {
	containerDIV.innerHTML="";
	myItems = rssDoc.getElementsByTagName("item");
	if (myItems.length <= rssResults) {
		linkNum = myItems.length;
	} else {
		linkNum = rssResults;
	}
	for(i=0; i < linkNum; i++) {
		var linky = rssDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")[i].getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
		var title = (!rssDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")[i].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].firstChild) ? '[untitled]' : rssDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")[i].getElementsByTagName("title")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
		var descNode = rssDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].firstChild;
		if (descNode)
			description = rssDoc.getElementsByTagName("item")[i].getElementsByTagName("description")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
		
		containerDIV.innerHTML += "<strong>" + title + "</strong><br>";
		if (descNode) {
			nodeString = new String(description);
			containerDIV.innerHTML += nodeString.replace(/\[...\]/gi,"..."); // + "<br>"
			//containerDIV.innerHTML += description;
		}
		containerDIV.innerHTML += "&#160;<a h" + "ref='" + linky + "' target='_top'>More!</a>";
		containerDIV.innerHTML += "<br><br><a href='http://www.danaroc.com/dailies/'>[&#187;] Browse the dailies.</a>";		
	}								
}