Brooklyn Ink Tumblr Mods (real code)

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<?php

$url = 'http://thebrooklynink.tumblr.com/api/read/'; //where you can find the posts
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url); //parse the tumblr API to get an object containing all of your posts

$i = 0; //create a counter

foreach( $xml->posts->post as $post ){ //create loop to process individual posts

  if ( $i < 1 ) { //check that the loop hasn't run before

    if ( $post['type'] == 'regular' ) { //check what kind of post we're dealing with

      	$post_title = $post->{'regular-title'}; //create a variable to store the title
	$post_body = $post->{'regular-body'}; //create a variable to store the body

	$post_excerpt = substr( strip_tags($post_body),0,320 ); //substring the body text to get your excerpt (while simultaneously removing all html)
 
	echo '<h3 class="here-is-brooklyn-hed">' . $post_title . '</h3>'; //output your formatted title
	echo '<p class="here-is-brooklyn-text">' . $post_excerpt . '...</p>'; //output your formatted excerpt

    } elseif ( $post['type'] == 'photo' ) {

        $post_photo_src = $post->{'photo-url'}[5]; //create a variable to store the photo source (specifically, the small square one)

    } elseif ( ETC ) {

      ETC

    } else {

      echo 'YOU MESSED UP!';

    }

    $i++; //shorthand for $i = $i + 1

  }

}