We are happy to announce the first version of the free Silverlight RSS control. It is a very light and simple control meant to display the items of a certain RSS feed in a convenient manner. You can easily integrate it in any existing web site (blog, community, portal etc.) by just pasting an HTML code snippet. Moreover you can customize it and localize it via the initialize parameters explained in details in the table below.
Samples: (download source code)
To integrate the RSS control just copy and paste the following HTML into your web site:
<div style="width: 175px; height: 175px">
<object height="175" width="175" data="data:application/x-silverlight-2," type="application/x-silverlight-2">
<param name="source" value="http://www.silverlightshow.net/showcase/SilverlightNewsWidget.xap" />
<param name="onerror" value="onSilverlightError" />
<param name="background" value="white" />
<param name="minRuntimeVersion" value="2.0.31005.0" />
<param name="autoUpgrade" value="true" />
<param name="initParams" value="pageSize=3,feedUrl=http://feeds2.feedburner.com/silverlightshow,readMoreLink=http://www.silverlightshow.net/News.aspx,submissionsLink=mailto:editorial@silverlightshow.net" />
<a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=124807">
<img style="border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none" alt="Get Microsoft Silverlight" src="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108181" />
</a>
</object>
<iframe style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; width: 0px; height: 0px; visibility: hidden; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px">
</iframe>
</div>
Initialize parameters:
| Parameter Name |
Value |
Description |
| itemFontColor |
#1CA0F2 (Default) |
Sets the font color of the items. Type: Hex. color |
| primaryColor |
#FFFFFF (Default) |
Sets the primary color of the control. Type: Hex. color |
| secondaryColor |
#E9E9E9 (Default) |
Sets the secondary color of the control. Type: Hex. color |
| submitToolTip |
Submit News (Default) |
Sets the tooltip of the submit button. Type: String |
| titleText |
Silverlight News (Default) |
Sets the title of the control. Type: String |
| itemFontSize |
11 (Default) |
Sets the font size of the items. Type: Double |
| titleFontSize |
18 (Default) |
Sets the font size of the title. Type: Double |
| titleFontColor |
#000000 (Default) |
Sets the font color of the title. Type: Hex. color |
| pageSize |
5 (Default) |
Sets the count of the items per page. Type: Int |
| bulletColor |
#000000 (Default) |
Sets the color of the items' bullets. Type: Hex. color |
|
feedUrl
(Required)
|
http://feeds2.feedburner.com/silverlightshow |
Sets the url of the feed that is going to be read. Has no default value and must be set. Type: String |
| submissionsLink |
http://[some url] or mailto:[some mail] |
Sets the link for the submit button. Can be set to "mailto" too. If not set, the submit button doesn't appear. Has no default value. Type: String |
| readMoreLink |
http://www.silverlightshow.net/News.aspx |
Sets the link for the "Read more..." item on the last page of the control. If not set the "Read more..." item is not displayed. Has no default value. Type: String |
If you want to display the RSS feed with the latest news, articles, videos and more published on SilverlightShow use the following RSS feed url http://feeds2.feedburner.com/silverlightshow or read more about it here 'Stay up-to-date with the latest Silverlight news!'
Have comments or questions? Do not hesitate to contact us, that is what we are living for :)!