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Adding Content: Using Flickr RSS Feed
Updated: Apr 23, 2008   Views: 1691  
Description: This tutorial will go through the steps to use a RSS Feed to add content


Complete Code:
myGallery.contentRSS = "http://www.url.com/rss_200"


Installing the component
Once you have installed the IMG Thumbnail Gallery component. You will need to then drag a instance of it to the stage. If you have not installed yet please see the installation tutorial before proceeding.

Getting RSS feed

Once you have found or setup your own Flickr RSS Feed all you need to do is copy the link of the RSS 2.0 feed.

Setting RSS Feed
Once you have your link to the RSS feed you can either input the link through component inspector. To open component inspector you can click on the component then press (shift F7) or go to windoows>component inspector. Then the component inspector window will open and you can paste your link into the contentRSS property.

You can also set the RSS feed by action script also.

myGallery.contentRSS = "http://www.url.com/rss_200"


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