Format of the XML ExpiryData file


11/10/04
 

Format of the XML ExpiryData file

I followed this example to create the following combination of an XML file and a CSS file, which works fine both on Mac/Mozilla and Mac/Safari.

(Click here to see it in action.)
 
ExpiryData.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="ExpiryData.css" type="text/css"?>
<expiredpages>

<date>2004-10-14</date>

<expiredpage>
  <url>http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/1-etc.etc</url>
  <owner>martin.bush@lsbu.ac.uk</owner>
  <expired>2004-10-12</expired>
  <message>example message 1</message>
</expiredpage>

<expiredpage>
  <url>http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/2-etc.etc</url>
  <owner>martin.bush@lsbu.ac.uk</owner>
  <expired>2004-10-13</expired>
  <message>example message 2</message>
</expiredpage>

<expiredpage>
  <url>http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/3-etc.etc</url>
  <owner>martin.bush@lsbu.ac.uk</owner>
  <expired>2004-10-14</expired>
  <message>example message 3</message>
</expiredpage>

</expiredpages>
 
ExpiryData.css

expiredpages
{
    display:block;
    margin:10px;
    height:750px;
    width:650px;
    border:1px solid #000;
    overflow:auto;
    background-color:#eee;
    font: 12px verdana;
}

expiredpage
{
    display: block;
    padding:10px;
    margin-bottom:10px;
    border-top:1px solid #ccc;
    border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
    background-color:#fff;
}

url, owner, expired, message
{
    display: block;
    padding:3px;
    border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;
    background-color:#fff;
}
 

 
 

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