Flash Deal Of The Day RSS Feed Reader

Question

I need to design a flash widget for MySpace that reads an rss feed and just shows the latest entry. I have seen flash rss feed widgets before but they show all the listings. I need it to check every day at 1:00am for the new one and load it automatically from a third party site (feedburner). I have some knowledge of flash but none in actionscript. I use the Creative Suite CS4. I am a fast learner so please explain in depth so I get the concept.
Thank you in advance for any help.

Answer 1

Ok I went through the tutorial in the video and everything seems to be working alright except I need to include links.
Here is a portion of theXML file that is read:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.7.1" --><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
<title>SizzleTwist</title>
<link>http://blog.sizzletwist.com</link>
<description>Sizzling Hot Prices on Lots of Cool Stuff!!</description>
<lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:47:54 +0000</lastBuildDate>
<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
<language>en</language>
<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Sizzletwist" type="application/rss+xml" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item>
  <title>Home Surveillance System: Mini Wireless Security Camera</title>
  <description>We invest a lot for our luxury to make life comfortable but while investing in luxury we often forget to protect it and make the life unsafe and unsecure.
Homeland Security 2.4 Ghz Wireless Motion Activated Security Camera and Receiver is a perfect solution to bring the safest and most ...</description>
  <link>http://blog.sizzletwist.com/index.php/home-surveillance-system-mini-wireless-security-came ra/</link>
   </item>
<item>
  <title>National Geographic Egana Watch Yellow Chrono NG712GKSY</title>
  <description>You are right; National Geographic did not manufacturer this watch. This high quality watch was made by Egana for National Geographic. Egana is the manufacturer of brands such as Pierre Cardin, PUMA, and Carrera. When I first saw these watches I was not only impressed by the looks but also pleasantly ...</description>
  <link>http://blog.sizzletwist.com/index.php/national-geographic-egana-watch-yellow-chrono-ng712g ksy/</link>
   </item>
<item>
  <title>High Quality Light Weight Electric Blaster Sunglass</title>
  <description>Quality of sunglasses includes high quality of lens and frame. But the benefit gets multiplied if it is design by the well-known artist.
The Electric Blaster Sunglasses Trans Brown Stripe with Bronze Lens has high quality of polycarbonate lens, 8-Base Grylamide frame and it is design by the well-known artist- Ozzie Wright.
Pro-surfer, musician, and ...</description>
  <link>http://blog.sizzletwist.com/index.php/high-quality-light-weight-electric-blaster-sunglass/</link>
   </item>
The AS code just loads the description when clicked on. I need it to include the link located in the link tags.
Here is the As code:
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onLoaded);
lb.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, itemChange);
function itemChange(e:Event):void
ta.text = lb.selectedItem.data;
var xml:XML;
function onLoaded(e:Event):void
xml = new XML(e.target.data);
var il:XMLList = xml.channel.item;
for(var i:uint=0; i<il.length(); i++)
  lb.addItem({data:il.description.text()[i],
      label:il.title.text()[i]});
loader.load(new URLRequest("http://feeds2.feedburner.com/SizzleTwist"));
I want it to display the description then the blog link. As I mentioned I am just beginning with action script so I have no iead what to do.