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vbc22
10-12-2006, 07:26 PM
Hi,

I think this is possible, but would like confirmation.

[1] companyABC drives its website based on XML file(s) that neatly tags everything from textual data to paths to photos to generate a webpage on its website.

[2] companyABC gives you access to the the same XML file(s), and as the paths of photos are on companyABC's webserver and you have access to them, you create a link to those XML file(s) and dynamically create your own web content based on that.

[3] companyABC programs their website to draw on the XML file(s). The creation of the XML file(s) is actually driven by companyABC's in-house application, which its marketing people, admin users, clerk...whoever..updates to create the XML content.

[4] In the end, both companies reap identical web content sourced from the same XML file(s). When companyABC's XML file change, so does yours and its own website.

Does all that make sense?

Do any of the points mentioned pose a challenge?

Any advice and guidance on this scenario would be very much appreciated.

Regards.
Charles
10-13-2006, 05:41 AM
It looks pretty easy to do. All you'll need is PHP or any other server side scripting that can grab the file and parse the XML.
Taschen
10-17-2006, 01:36 PM
Content copyright anyone? Bandwidth piracy? Just a thought.
vbc22
10-20-2006, 02:38 AM
Content copyright anyone? Bandwidth piracy? Just a thought.

Sorry for the misunderstanding. The issues you mentioned would not be a problem as content sharing is permitted.

Regards.
Taschen
10-20-2006, 06:01 AM
Sorry for the misunderstanding. The issues you mentioned would not be a problem as content sharing is permitted.

Regards.

If content sharing is permitted it shouldn't pose a problem. Though I'm not entirely sure how as the only thing I've done that is similar is an RSS feedreader. You could try sourceforge for ready to wear code which you can then analysis or adapt to suit your needs.

I'll try to find some code for you, otherwise good luck.

A final note on "pulling" content from external sites; bearing in mind that the Belgium media group Copiepress recently successfully sued Google and is currently in talks (ie pursueing mitigation) with Yahoo and MSN and is looking at other news aggregator sites, even displaying extracts from a website without permission may not be legal (at least in Europe).