Ages ago, the BBC started offering headlines that can be put on any website. However, there are problems with this, ranging from the limitations in changing the design to the fact it only shows news.
To combat these problems, I have made a nice little script using php but outputting in JavaScript to put the latest items from any RSS feed (It works with RSS 0.9/2.0 and RSS 1.0 at the moment) onto a website.
If you want to use it, all you have to do is add the following code to your website:
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://backstage.min-data.co.uk/jsrss/feed.php?f=ADDRESS'></script>
Of course, you have to replace "ADDRESS" with the address of the RSS feed (make sure there aren't any &s in it too).
As an example, the one to the right of this page uses the following code:
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://backstage.min-data.co.uk/jsrss/feed.php?f=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fdna%2Fh2g2%2Fxml%2Finfo%3Fcmd%3Dart%26s_xml%3Drss'></script>
Also, if you want to change the number of items it shows, add &max=NUMBER onto the end.
Enjoy :)
Nice RSS feeds:
BBC News:
Headlines: http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/front_page/rss.xml
(loads at http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/UkNews?v=3wc)
BBC Sport:
(loads at http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/data/SportHeadlineFeeds?v=11d8)
H2G2:
Most recently updated conversation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/xml/info?cmd=conv%26s_xml=rss
Most recently created articles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/xml/info?cmd=conv%26s_xml=rss
Collective:
Most recently updated conversation: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/xml/info?cmd=conv&s_xml=rss
Most recently created articles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/xml/info?cmd=art&s_xml=rss
And most importantly, backstage.bbc.co.uk:
News: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/index.xml
Prototypes: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/prototypes/index.xml
Ideas: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/ideas/index.xml
All: http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/index.xml