02bunced — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:18:23 +0000

My suggestion would be to modify the PHP script to style inline (ie use the style="propertieshere" in each tag)

andyem — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:58:22 +0000

I actually want to use PHP and I do have a running PHP script feeding my webpage but am having trouble with getting a style to my table. I want the entire webpage not to have a style sheet but I want just the table itself containing the feeds to have a style? Any suggestions?

02bunced — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:55:06 +0000

The difference between PHP and JavaScript is the first is rendered server side, ie before it reaches the browser or google or whatever. This means that the code is stripped from the HTML (at the most basic level) before it reaches the browser, resulting in what is effectively a plain HTML document. On the other hand, Javascript is rendered by the browser and so stays in the code. Therefore, logic says having more Javascript code means a more bloated document and more trash for google to trawl through to get to the useful information. You can solve this partially by putting the Javascript in an external file and then linking it in. The better way to solve it IMO is to decide whether it is something you need to use Javascript for or if PHP is better. Best tool for the job type thing.

If you decide you would still like to use Javascript, that's cool. Try Googling for "RSS reader javascript" or possibly looking at http://www.the-new-world.com/detail/30158/ (there may be better ones for your needs though)

Hope this helps!
David

andyem — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:51:14 +0000

I am currently using javascript but I have read here that google doesnt spider javascript and only php. Is it true?

02bunced — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:05:20 +0000

How are you currently putting news stories on your page? Is it from a MySQL database or are you editing them manually?