My 2 cents: I load the GeoRSs through a GML layer using a GeoRSS format. I modified a bit the GeoRSS format class to give the user the possibility of defining the field he wants to use for symbolizations.
This is the html that works for me: var in_options = { 'internalProjection': new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"), 'externalProjection': new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), 'type':'eventType alertLevel' }; // create a GeoRSS layer // Inorder to accomodate all the possible geometry type the layer must be a GML layer with a GeoRSS format // defining styles var styleMap = new OpenLayers.StyleMap({ fillOpacity: 1, pointRadius: 10 }); // create a lookup table with different symbolizers for 0, 1 and 2 var lookup = { EQGreen: {externalGraphic: "images/eqgreen.jpg"}, EQOrange: {externalGraphic: "images/eqorange.jpg"}, EQRed: {externalGraphic: "images/eqred.jpg"}, TCGreen: {externalGraphic: "images/tcgreen.jpg"}, TCOrange: {externalGraphic: "images/tcorange.jpg"}, TCRed: {externalGraphic: "images/tcred.jpg"}, FLGreen: {externalGraphic: "images/flgreen.jpg"}, FLOrange: {externalGraphic: "images/florange.jpg"}, FLRed: {externalGraphic: "images/flred.jpg"}, VOGreen: {externalGraphic: "images/vogreen.jpg"}, VOOrange: {externalGraphic: "images/voorange.jpg"}, VORed: {externalGraphic: "images/vored.jpg"} } // add rules from the above lookup table, with the keyes mapped to // the "type" property of the features, for the "default" intent styleMap.addUniqueValueRules("default", "type", lookup); var georssformat = new OpenLayers.Format.GeoRSS(in_options); var gmllayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.GML("GDACS Alerts", "RSS.xml", {'format': georssformat, styleMap: styleMap}); Then I added these functions function onPopupClose(evt) { selectControl.unselect(selectedFeature); } function onFeatureSelect(feature) { selectedFeature = feature; popup = new OpenLayers.Popup.FramedCloud("chicken", feature.geometry.getBounds().getCenterLonLat(), new OpenLayers.Size(250,100), "<div style='font-size:0.8em'><A href='"+feature.data.link+"'>" + feature.data.title +"</A><br /><div id='popupcontent' style='font-size:1em'>" + feature.data.description+"</div></div>", null, true, onPopupClose); feature.popup = popup; map.addPopup(popup); } function onFeatureUnselect(feature) { map.removePopup(feature.popup); feature.popup.destroy(); feature.popup = null; } Hope this helps! Simone _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users