Library Web Chic

RSS Feed for Checked Out Items

So I got my code finished for my page that creates an RSS feed. So I am
posting my demo here for people to check out. In order for the feed to
be created for the user to load in a news aggregator, the user must
enter their Library ID and verification. Check out the resulting test feed.

When you look at it you will find that it is a valid RSS (XML) files which you
can
subscribe to via your newsreader. The feed contains information about
what the test user has checked out as well as the material's due date.
There are a couple little things I would like to do is to make the feed
user friendly. First, I want to make the feed readbale by normal
humans. So
that individuals who have no idea what an RSS feed is won't look at it
and wonder “What the heck is this?” This idea comes from a couple demos
I have seen on the web. Mostly the examples are people making their
Atom feeds
user-friendly. The second thing I would like to do is format the date
better. Right now it is formatted YYYYMMDD. I would like it to be
formated MM/DD/YY. However, I haven't quite figured out how to do
either of these just
yet. Hopefully I will have them done my Internet Librarian. Until then
check out the demonstration as is and let me know what you think.