RSS Feeds on a webpage

Hi DW people am trana have feeds from many different sources included on pages in the website that I am working on.
What I want to achieve: I am looking to have one row with three columns that display the feed headlines in a 220px by 220px div container (you know all those headlines with pics). So am also trana make each container display like 5 headlines each from one source(usually feeds providers have more than one headline sometimes up to 20)
So far I have created an XSLT Fragment and I have an XML data source binded to it. The thing is when it is displayed in the browser I have no control over it ie it just lists out all the feeds in several rows from the top of the page to the bottom. Then when I tried giving it some style to make it align in a row they just overlap one on top of the other.
When I tried including the Fragment on my dynamic page DW automatically created MM_XSLTransform.class.php file and attached it to my page. I dont want to bore anyone but I have issues with this particular MM_XSLTransform.class.php file. I have tried including some functions of my own in it so as to give it more capabilty but really its a very long story...
I have also experimented with Spry but then without the XSL style it just gives the raw data as output in the browser. When I tried having the XSL style along with the Spry it gives several errors at the start of the page like so:
( ! ) Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\parseXMLs\includes\MM_XSLTransform\MM_XSLTransform.class.php on line 208
( ! ) Deprecated: Function set_magic_quotes_runtime() is deprecated in C:\wamp\www\parseXMLs\includes\MM_XSLTransform\MM_XSLTransform.class.php on line 215
at the bottom list out the feeds!!!!
The error appears on several lines (listing them all out here wont make sense).
Am using DW CS4 on a windows 7 OS..
Pls DW people I need some help with this one.. Speedy and valid response appreciated

Oh my ...
U really did this for me ?... I appreciate it SIR ... U even put my screen name up on the site.. Wow now I feel popular.. Thank u for all the hard work that u put into this. I really appreciate it..
Where did the images go? And they do not link to the full story...
U know wat this is my code.. I hope it gives a clear picture of wat I have been battling wt. See Below
On page where feeds are to appear:
<?php
//XMLXSL Transformation class
require_once('MM_XSLTransform.class.php');
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
a:link{
    font-weight:100;
    color: #009;
    font-size:16px;
a:link img{
    border:none;
a:hover{
    font-size:17px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color: #966;
a:visited{
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size:15px;
a:visited:hover{
    font-size:17px;
    text-decoration:none;
    color: #963;
#footer {
    padding: 0 10px;
    background:#DDDDDD;
#footer #contentTickerarea1{
    overflow:hidden;
    margin: 10px auto;
#contentTickerarea1 #headline1{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#contentTickerarea1 #headline2{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#contentTickerarea1 #headline3{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#contentTickerarea1 #headline4{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#footer #contentTickerarea2{
    overflow:hidden;
    margin: 10px auto;
#contentTickerarea2 #headline5{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#contentTickerarea2 #headline6{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#contentTickerarea2 #headline7{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#contentTickerarea2 #headline8{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#footer #related{
    margin:15px auto;
#footer #Botads{
    margin: 10px auto;
#Botads #boxAds{
    overflow:hidden;
    margin: 5px auto;
#boxAds #botAd1{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#boxAds #botAd2{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#boxAds #botAd3{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#boxAds #botAd4{
    margin-left:10px;
    float:left;
    width:200px;
    height:150px;
#botbannerSpace{
    margin: 5px auto;
    width:600px;
    height:100px;
#footer #siteStats{
    margin: 10px auto;
    height: 60px;
#footer #Botlinks{
    text-align:center;
    margin: 10px auto;
    height: 60px;
#footer #Botlogo{
    margin: 0 2px;
#Botlogo img{
    width:100%;
#footer #BotsocialMedialinks{
    margin:0;
    padding: 1px;
    height:25px;
#footer #copyInfo{
    overflow:hidden;
#copyInfo .copy{
    float:left;
#copyInfo .poweredBy{
    float:right;
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="footer">
motorsports Headlines
<?php
$mm_xsl = new MM_XSLTransform();
$mm_xsl->setXML("../XML Files/RSS Feeds/XSLT/newsdocinfo treeGoogle.xml");
$mm_xsl->setXSL("../XML Files/RSS Feeds/XSLT/headlines.xsl");
echo $mm_xsl->Transform();
?>
<div id="contentTickerarea2">
<div id="headline5">
</div>
<div id="headline6">
</div>
<div id="headline7">
</div>
<div id="headline8">
</div>
</div>
<div id="related">
related
</div>
<div id="Botads">
<div id="boxAds">
<div id="botAd1">
</div>
<div id="botAd2">
</div>
<div id="botAd3">
</div>
<div id="botAd4">
</div>
</div>
<div id="botbannerSpace">
</div>
</div>
<div id="siteStats">
</div>
<div id="Botlinks">
</div>
<div id="Botlogo">
</div>
<div id="BotsocialMedialinks">
</div>
<div id="copyInfo">
<div class="copy">
</div>
<div class="poweredBy">
Powered by
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
the XSLT Fragment(created with help from DW), here I use an XML Source from google I saved it to my PC so I dont always have to be on the internet to work wt it :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE xsl:stylesheet [
    <!ENTITY nbsp   " ">
    <!ENTITY copy   "©">
    <!ENTITY reg    "®">
    <!ENTITY trade "™">
    <!ENTITY mdash "—">
    <!ENTITY ldquo "“">
    <!ENTITY rdquo "”">
    <!ENTITY pound "£">
    <!ENTITY yen    "¥">
    <!ENTITY euro   "€">
]>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" encoding="utf-8"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<div id="contentTickerarea1">
<xsl:for-each select="rss/channel/item">
<div id="headline1">
<xsl:value-of select="description" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
</div>
</xsl:for-each>
</div>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
According to the help docs of DW .. It is always good to put the style of the fragment on the dynamic page itself to avoiding giving the servers a hard time.. Incase you asking just how I created the fragment: New->XSLT Fragment-> DW then presents you wt d option of using a local source file or using one from the net.. whichever u choose the schema of the source appears in the Bindings panel...
Then to add this Fragment on the dynamic page.. U open the page in DW.. click Server Behaviors->click the + then click XSL Transformation...
Phew.... Thats a lot of info aint it?
Run my code as it is and see wat happens ... u might have to get ur own source to work wt..
On the dynamic page when u do as I have explained above DW creates a link to the MM_XSLTransform.class.php file ...
I hope all of this helps SIR
Message was edited by: HJWJ

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