var feedLimit = 5;


function get_rss_feed() {
         //clear the content in the div for the next feed.
         $("#feedContent").empty();
         
         //use the JQuery get to grab the URL from the selected item, put the results in to an argument for parsing in the inline function called when the feed retrieval is complete
              var counter = 0;
         $.get('/proxy.php?url='+$('#diffFeeds').val(), function(d) {
            
            //find each 'item' in the file and parse it
            $(d).find('item').each(function() {
               counter++;
               
               //name the current found item this for this particular loop run
               var $item = $(this);
               // grab the post title
               var title = $item.find('title').text();
               // grab the post's URL
               var link = $item.find('link').text();
               // next, the description
               var description = $item.find('description').text();
               //don't forget the pubdate
               var pubDate = $item.find('pubDate').text();
               
               // now create a var 'html' to store the markup we're using to output the feed to the browser window
               var html = "<div class=\"entry\"><h2 class=\"postTitle\">" + title + "<\/h2>";
               html += "<em class=\"date\">" + pubDate + "</em>";
               html += "<p class=\"description\">" + description + "</p>";
               html += "<a href=\"" + link + "\" target=\"_blank\">Read More >><\/a><\/div>";
               
               //put that feed content on the screen!
               $('#feedContent').append($(html));  
                                        if ( counter > feedLimit ) {
                                            return false;
                                        }
         
            });
         });
         
      };