google.load("feeds", "1") //Load Google Ajax Feed API (version 1)

function rssdisplayer(divid, url, feedlimit, showoptions){
this.showoptions=showoptions || "" //get string of options to show ("date" and/or "description")
var feedpointer=new google.feeds.Feed(url) //create new instance of Google Ajax Feed API
feedpointer.setNumEntries(feedlimit) //set number of items to display
document.write('<div id="'+divid+'">Loading feed...</div>')
this.feedcontainer=document.getElementById(divid)
var displayer=this
feedpointer.load(function(r){displayer.formatoutput(r)}) //call Feed.load() to retrieve and output RSS feed
}


rssdisplayer.prototype.formatdate=function(datestr){
var itemdate=new Date(datestr)
return ""+itemdate.toLocaleDateString()+""
}


rssdisplayer.prototype.formatoutput=function(result){
if (!result.error){ //if RSS feed successfully fetched
var thefeeds=result.feed.entries //get all feed entries as a JSON array
var rssoutput="<div id='rssfeed'>"
for (var i=0; i<thefeeds.length; i++){ //loop through entries
var itemauthor = thefeeds[i].author 
var itemtitle= thefeeds[i].title
var readmore="<a href='http://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions.asp' rel='shadowbox;width=700;height=600' title='Lutheran Hour Ministries: Daily Devotional'>" + 'View Today\'s Devotional' + "</a>"
var itemdate=/date/i.test(this.showoptions)? this.formatdate(thefeeds[i].publishedDate) : ""
var itemdescription=/description/i.test(this.showoptions)? ""+thefeeds[i].content : /snippet/i.test(this.showoptions)? ""+thefeeds[i].contentSnippet  : ""
rssoutput+="<ul id='breadcrumb'><li class='devo'>Daily Devotional</li>" + "<li  class='title'>" + itemtitle + "</li>" + "<li>" + readmore + "</li></ul>"
rssoutput+="<div id='rssinfo'>"
rssoutput+="<p>" + itemdescription + "</p>"
rssoutput+="<ul id='tinybreadcrumb'>" + "<li class='date'>" + itemdate + "</li><li class='author'>" + itemauthor + "</li><li class='lhm'>Provided by: <a href='http://www.lhm.org' target='_blank'>Lutheran Hour Ministries</a></li></ul><br />"

rssoutput+="</div>"

}





rssoutput+="</div>"
this.feedcontainer.innerHTML=rssoutput
}
else //else, output error
alert("Error fetching feeds: "+result.error.message)
}

//USAGE SYNTAX: new rssdisplayer("divid", "rssurl", numberofitems, "displayoptions")
//new rssdisplayer("adiv", "http://www.cssdrive.com/index.php/news/rss_2.0/", 5, "date, description")