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BuildRSSFeedLib ( SubstitionCode )

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XML coding used by BuildRSSFeed

Sample Input:

BuildRSSFeedLib ( "Header" )

Sample Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>...............................................................

// BuildRSSFeedLib ( SubstitionCode ) // XML coding used by BuildRSSFeed Case( SubstitionCode = "Header" ; "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>¶<rss xmlns:atom=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\" version=\"2.0\">¶<channel>¶<title>rssTitle</title>¶<link>rssLink</link>¶<description>rssDescription</description>¶<language>en-us</language>¶<docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>¶<generator>rssGenerator</generator>¶<managingEditor>rssEditor</managingEditor>¶<pubDate>rssPubDate</pubDate>¶<lastBuildDate>rssLastPubDate</lastBuildDate>¶<webMaster>rssWebmaster</webMaster>¶<category>RSS</category>¶<ttl>rssTimeTillLive</ttl>¶<copyright>rssCopyright</copyright>¶<atom:link href=\"rssXMLurl\" rel=\"self\" type=\"application/rss+xml\" />¶<image>¶<url>rssEnclosureLink</url>¶<title>rssTitle</title>¶<link>rssLink</link>¶<width>100</width>¶</image>¶" ; SubstitionCode = "Body" ; "<item><title>rssTitle</title>¶ <link>rssLink</link>¶ <description>rssDescription</description>¶ <pubDate>rssPubDate</pubDate>¶ <author>rssAuthor</author>¶ <guid isPermaLink=\"rssPermaLink\">IDLink</guid>¶rssEnclosure rssPodcast</item>¶" ; SubstitionCode = "iTunes" ; "<itunes:subtitle>rssCategory</itunes:subtitle>¶<itunes:summary>rssCategory</itunes:summary>¶<itunes:duration>rssEnclosureLength</itunes:duration>¶<itunes:keywords>rssCategory</itunes:keywords>¶<itunes:author>rssAuthor</itunes:author>¶<enclosure>¶ <xsl:attribute name=\"url\">rssEnclosureLink</xsl:attribute>¶ <xsl:attribute name=\"length\">rssEnclosureLength</xsl:attribute>¶ <xsl:attribute name=\"type\">rssEnclosureType</xsl:attribute>¶</enclosure>¶"; SubstitionCode = "iTunesHeader" ; "<itunes:category>rssCategory</itunes:category>¶<itunes:subtitle>rssTitle</itunes:subtitle>¶<itunes:owner>¶ <itunes:name>rssContact</itunes:name>¶ <itunes:email>rssEditor</itunes:email>¶</itunes:owner>¶<itunes:author>rssAuthor</itunes:author>¶<itunes:summary>rssCategory</itunes:summary>¶<itunes:image>¶ <xsl:attribute name=\"href\">rssEnclosureLink</xsl:attribute>¶</itunes:image>"; SubstitionCode = "enclosure" ; " <enclosure url=\"rssEnclosureLink\" type=\"rssEnclosureType\" length=\"rssEnclosureLength\" />¶" ; "")
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Description:

This includes substitution code forRSS Feed Header, Body, iTunes podcast, and enclosures

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