Hi Connie,

It should be quite possible to use a single file for this - consider this (pseudo XSLT):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xsl:stylesheet ...>

    <xsl:param name="currentPage" />
    <xsl:variable name="siteRoot" select="$currentPage/ancestor-or-self::*[@level = 1]" />

    <xsl:variable name="section" select="/macro/section" />

    <xsl:template match="/">
        <rss>
            <xsl:apply-templates select="$siteRoot/*[name() = $section]" />
        </rss>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="NewsList">
        <channel>
            <!-- top level stuff for News RSS -->

            <!-- do the items -->
            <xsl:apply-templates select="NewsItem">
                <xsl:sort select="@updateDate" data-type="text" order="descending" />
            </xsl:apply-templates>
        </channel>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="EventsCalendar">
        <channel>
            <!-- top level stuff for Events RSS -->
            <xsl:apply-templates select="Event">
                <xsl:sort select="eventDate" data-type="text" order="ascending" />
            </xsl:apply-templates>
        </channel>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="NewsItem">
        <item>
            <!-- do the News entry -->
        </item>
    </xsl:template>

    <xsl:template match="Event">
        <item>
            <!-- do the News entry -->
        </item>
    </xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>

This file could generate two separate RSS feeds, by supplying a macro parameter with the name of the section to process.  

/Chriztian

I like your idea.  I haven't used templates much, but now see the power in them. 

I'm having a problem using this however.  If I take the variables out of the if statement, they work.  The id is correct.  Even testing for 1=1 does not work.

    <xsl:if test="$currentPage/* [@id=3530]">
      <xsl:variable name="rssTitle" select="'Arizona Attorney Magazine News Center'" />
      <xsl:variable name="documentTypeAlias" select="'LegalNewsHeadline'" />
      <xsl:variable name="numberOfItems" select="'20'" />
      <xsl:variable name="rssDescription" select="'Headlines gathered by the Arizona Attorney Magazine staff'" />
      <xsl:variable name="rssLanguage" select="'English'" />
    </xsl:if>

Hi Connie,

The reason that doesn't work is because you're probably trying to access the variable outside of the <xsl:if>, but unfortunately they're no longer in scope by then...

If you need deifferent values for the different feeds, try this approach - creating an XML "mapper" variable that you can query for the needed data:

<xsl:variable name="channel-mapper">
    <channel id="3530">   
        <rssTitle>Arizona Attorney Magazine News Center</rssTitle>
        <documentTypeAlias>LegalNewsHeadline</documentTypeAlias>
        <numberOfItems>20</numberOfItems>
        <rssDescription>Headlines gathered by the Arizona Attorney Magazine staff</rssDescription>
        <rssLanguage>English</rssLanguage>
    </channel>
    <channel id="3802">   
        <rssTitle>Other title</rssTitle>
        <documentTypeAlias>LegalNewsHeadline</documentTypeAlias>
        <numberOfItems>20</numberOfItems>
        <rssDescription>Headlines for other stuff</rssDescription>
        <rssLanguage>English</rssLanguage>
    </channel>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="channelData" select="make:node-set($channel-mapper)/channel" />

<xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:variable name="currentChannel" select="channelData/channel[@id = $currentPage/@id]" />

    <!-- Output stuff from the currentChannel -->
    <xsl:value-of select="$currentChannel/rssTitle" />

</xsl:template>

/Chriztian 

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