// File: readXML.js
var month_array = [ 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December' ];

// Start function when DOM has completely loaded 
$(document).ready(function(){ 

	// Open the item.xml file
	$.get("rss.xml",{},function(xml){
		// Build an HTML string
		myHTMLOutput = '';
		count = 0;

		// Run the function for each item tag in the XML file
		$('item',xml).each(function(i) {
			count = count + 1;

			itemDate = $(this).find("pubDate").text();
			var date = new Date(itemDate);

			dateStr = month_array[date.getMonth()] + ' ' + date.getDate() + ', ' + date.getFullYear();

			itemTitle = $(this).find("title").text();
			itemLink = $(this).find("link").text();
//			itemDesc = $(this).find("description").text();
			
//			itemDesc = itemDesc.substring(0, 150);
//			itemDesc = itemDesc.replace(/\w+$/, '');
//			itemDesc = itemDesc + '... more »';

//				mydata = BuilditemHTML(itemTitle,itemLink,itemDesc);
				mydata = BuilditemHTML(dateStr,itemTitle,itemLink);
				myHTMLOutput = myHTMLOutput + mydata;
				
			return (count != 4);
		});
		
		// Update the DIV called Content Area with the HTML string
		$("#ContentArea").append(myHTMLOutput);
	});
});
 
 
// function BuilditemHTML(itemTitle,itemLink,itemDesc){
 function BuilditemHTML(itemDate,itemTitle,itemLink){
	// Build HTML string and return
	output = '';
	output += '<p class="date">' + itemDate + '</p>';
	output += '<p><a href="'+ itemLink +'">'+ itemTitle +'</a></p>'; 
//	output += '<div class="truncate_1"><p><a href="'+ itemLink +'">'+ itemDesc +'</a></p></div>';
	return output;
}