Need an explanation rss xml

[Robert Bravery]

HI all,

I am reading an rss feed using linq.
When I save the xml to a file on disk I get:
(A),
but when I view therss feed in explorer and view source I get
(B).
THe <cfi: ...> tags are missing
Now I am a novice when it comes to theses things. Could someone explain the
difference

Thanks

Robert

(A)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>The PowerAlert South Africa Feed</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za</link>
<description>Power Alert South Africa RSS Feed</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<item>
<title>National PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:40, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=1</link>
<description type="text/plain">Green Up - No load shedding
currently.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Western Cape PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:40, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=2</link>
<description type="text/plain">Green Up - No load shedding
currently.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Eastern Cape PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:40, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=3</link>
<description type="text/plain">Green Up - No load shedding
currently.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>Kwazulu-Natal PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:40, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=4</link>
<description type="text/plain">Green Up - No load shedding
currently.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>PowerAlert South Africa National State Advisory</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za</link>
<description type="text/plain">There is enough electricity available
at the moment. Please switch off non-essential appliances and
lights.</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>PowerAlert South Africa National Load Shedding Advisory</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3</link>
<description type="text/plain">NO possibility exists that load
shedding may occur nationally within the next 24 hours. Visit
http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>



(B)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005">
<channel
xmlns:cfi="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005/internal"
cfi:lastdownloaderror="None">
<title cf:type="text">The PowerAlert South Africa Feed</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/</link>
<description cf:type="text">Power Alert South Africa RSS
Feed</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">National PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:20, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=1</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">Green Up - No load shedding currently.</description>
<cfi:id>5</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>
<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>
<cfi:lastdownloadtime>2008-03-02T17:24:55.453Z</cfi:lastdownloadtime>
</item>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">Western Cape PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:20, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=2</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">Green Up - No load shedding currently.</description>
<cfi:id>4</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>
<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>
<cfi:lastdownloadtime>2008-03-02T17:24:55.453Z</cfi:lastdownloadtime>
</item>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">Eastern Cape PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:20, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=3</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">Green Up - No load shedding currently.</description>
<cfi:id>3</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>
<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>
<cfi:lastdownloadtime>2008-03-02T17:24:55.453Z</cfi:lastdownloadtime>
</item>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">Kwazulu-Natal PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:20, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=4</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">Green Up - No load shedding currently.</description>
<cfi:id>2</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>
<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>
<cfi:lastdownloadtime>2008-03-02T17:24:55.453Z</cfi:lastdownloadtime>
</item>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">PowerAlert South Africa National State Advisory</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">There is enough electricity available at the moment. Please
switch off non-essential appliances and lights.</description>
<cfi:id>1</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>
<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>
<cfi:lastdownloadtime>2008-03-02T17:24:55.453Z</cfi:lastdownloadtime>
</item>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">PowerAlert South Africa National Load Shedding
Advisory</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">NO possibility exists that load shedding may occur nationally
within the next 24 hours. Visit
http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3</description>
<cfi:id>0</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>
<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>
<cfi:lastdownloadtime>2008-02-28T07:54:09.055Z</cfi:lastdownloadtime>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

 

[Martin Honnen]

I am reading an rss feed using linq.
When I save the xml to a file on disk I get:
(A),
but when I view therss feed in explorer and view source I get
(B).
THe <cfi: ...> tags are missing
Now I am a novice when it comes to theses things. Could someone explain
the difference

How exactly do you save the feed? With an application like IE? Or with
C# code? How does that code look?

Is the URL of the feed
<URL:http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml>? I have looked at that
feed with Firefox 2.0 and IE 6 and view source does not show any
cfi:elements. Maybe the cfi:elements are added by a feed reader.

 

[Martin Honnen]

<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005">
<channel
xmlns:cfi="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005/internal"
cfi:lastdownloaderror="None">
<title cf:type="text">The PowerAlert South Africa Feed</title>
<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/</link>
<description cf:type="text">Power Alert South Africa RSS
Feed</description>
<language>en-us</language>
<item>
<title xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="text">National PowerAlert State Green Up @ 19:20, 2 March 2008
(local - GMT+2) - No load shedding currently.</title>

<link>http://www.poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/slider.php?region_id=1</link>
<description xmlns:cf="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/rss/core/2005"
cf:type="html">Green Up - No load shedding currently.</description>
<cfi:id>5</cfi:id>
<cfi:read>true</cfi:read>

<cfi:downloadurl>http://poweralert.co.za/poweralert3/rss.xml</cfi:downloadurl>

I think the cf and cfi elements and attributes are part of Internet
Explorer 7's RSS feed handling.

 

[Robert Bravery]

Hi Martin,

I use:
rssFeed.Save(string.Format("{0}/rssSave.xml",
"D:/DataStore_WebSites/WowDev470" + TemplateSourceDirectory));

Robert

 

[Robert Bravery]

Hi,

Ok that seems to make sense as to why I cant see that in my app.

Robert