File an xml file locally off disk

read-xml.cs

        /*
         * Read the Homepage XML file and get the snippets
         * from file
         */
        public List<string> get_homepage_snippets()
        { 
            List<string> snippets = new List<string>();

            XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(Server.MapPath("~/Data/homepage.xml"));
            while (reader.Read())
            {
                if (reader.Name.Equals("snippet") == true)
                {
                    snippets.Add(reader.ReadString());
                }
            }
           
            return snippets;
        }