gistfile1.rb

xml.instruct! :xml, :version => "1.0" 
xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
  xml.channel do
    xml.title Parish.root.name
    xml.description "From around our community"
    xml.link url_for(:format => :rss, :only_path => false, :params => params)
    for news in @news
      xml.item do
        xml.author news.dfcfile.parish.primary_email
        xml.title (("From: ") + news.dfcfile.parish.name + (" - ") + news.title)
        xml.description strip_tags(news.start_story)
        xml.pubDate news.story_date.to_time.rfc2822
        xml.link url_for(:controller => "/dfc", :action => "newsdetail_2", :id => news.id, :only_path => false)
        xml.guid url_for(:controller => "/dfc", :action => "newsdetail_2", :id => news.id, :only_path => false)
      end
    end
  end
end