checker.erb

<h1>Feeds Checker</h1>

<%

require 'hpricot'
require 'open-uri'

f1 = open("http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/feeds/feed1.xml")

feed = Hpricot.XML(f1)

#thing = (feed/:channel/:title).inner_html # works but returns *all* "title" tags, not just channel one.

feedTitle = feed.search("/rss/channel/title").innerHTML
feedItem = feed.search("rss/channel//item")

%>

<p>Here is some content I prepared earlier.</p>

<h3><%= feedTitle %></h3>     <!-- This bit works! -->

<% 

feedItem.each do |el|
 title = el.search("title").first.inner_html
 #url = el.search("link").first.inner_html
 url = el.get_elements_by_tag_name("link").inner_html
 desc = el.search("description").first.inner_html
 
 output = "<p><a href='#{url}'>#{title}</a></p>"
 puts output                                        # This bit doesn't :-((((
end

%> 

</body>
</html>