THIS IS WHAT THE XML LOOKS LIKE....
YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY < pic >'S AS YOU WANT AND NAME THOSE WHATEVER YOU WANT
YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY SUB-CATEGORIES AS YOU WANT TOO (and name them whatever)...
REMOVE SPACES IN BETWEEN THE < AND > (sometimes i hate blogger)
< images >
< pic >
< image >cmsimages/product1.png< /image >
< caption >Powerful Performance< /caption >
< logo >cmsimages/logo1.jpg< /logo >
< urlOne >http://www.taxworks.com/feature_list.aspx< /urlOne >
< urlTwo >http://www.taxworks.com/buy_now.aspx< /urlTwo >
< /pic >
< pic >
< image >cmsimages/product2.png< /image >
< caption >Free Electronic Filing< /caption >
< logo >cmsimages/logo2.jpg< /logo >
< urlOne >http://www.1040works.com/feature_list.aspx< /urlOne >
< urlTwo >http://www.1040works.com/buy_now.aspx< /urlTwo >
< /pic >
< /images >
//Here is how you load and parse an XML file
//I couldn't figure out how to make a 3d array, so I made 5 different arrays...
xmlData = new XML(); //Make new xml variable
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true; //Ignore the breaks and spaces in xml file
xmlData.onLoad = function(success){ //once the xml loads....
if (success) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild; //make a variable so you don't have to type as much
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length; //this is how many items are in the xml file
products = new Array(); //make an array called products
descriptions = new Array(); //new array
logos = new Array(); //array
urlOne = new Array(); //array
urlTwo = new Array(); //array (couldn't figure out how to make 3d array outta all this junk)
for (i=0; i< total; i++) {
products[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue; //fill products array with everything
descriptions[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue; //fill descriptions array
logos[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[2].firstChild.nodeValue; //fill logos
urlOne[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[3].firstChild.nodeValue; //fill urlOne
urlTwo[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[4].firstChild.nodeValue; //fill urlTwo
}
loadPics(); //call the function that will load all the product images
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData.load("images.xml"); //load xml file
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Friday, August 17, 2007
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