Linking to a Specific Spry panel (modified for RSS Reader)

Question

Hi – I would like to implement the following tutorial however have it work for the Spry Framework RSS Reader: http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/spry_url_utils.php
I understand the concept of this article and have been able to implement the solution up to step 4 however for my solution I am not working with tabbed panels or an accordion widget but the RSS Reader from the latest Spry Framework. I would like to have a specific feed and article selected on the page depending on what link the user has come from.
So instead of working with the tabbed panel and accordion variables I would be using the variables:
var dsCategories
var dsFeeds
var dsChannel
var dsArticles
I would like to know if anyone can assist me in modifying the solution to suit this scenario? or if it is even possible?
Thanks.
Michael.

Answer 1

Hi Ben,
Thanks for pointing me to this tutorial.
To keep things easier for myself I have kept the variable name as row. I have added the following code to the head of my called page:
On lines 9-10:
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/SpryURLUtils.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> var params = Spry.Utils.getLocationParamsAsObject();</script>
On lines 19-26:
//define the data set
            var ds1 = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("data/LocalFeeds.xml", "feeds/feed");
            //get the url parameter for the row number
            var params = Spry.Utils.getLocationParamsAsObject();
            //set an observer so that when the data is loaded, we update the current row to the url param value
            ds1.addobserver({ onPostLoad: function(ds, type) {
                                                                                                                            ds1.setCurrentRow(params.row); }
Currently my called page is still not loading in the wanted state with calling page passing the parameter row=2.
I aren’t sure what I am still missing but think it is perhaps something to do with setting the spry:region and spry:repeat to equal ds1? But not sure where I should be placing this.
Am I nearly there?
http://www.michael-williams.com.au/
Thanks.