Updating a section of a page to show “News” (Without using a database) Asp.net C#

Question

I want to have a news section to my page in a placeholder which can be updated relatively frequently with just Text and a Date.

But I do not want it to be linked to a Database, Is there a way this can be done?

Answer 1

If you are not prepared to use a Database, keep it as static content. Another option would be to use a simple text or xml file and read this in.

Answer 2

You could save the news as an RSS file (simply an XML file format suited for news) and then parse and display it in asp.net.

Here's a tutorial to get you started:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/RSSFeedEx.aspx

Answer 3

You could try using RSS feeds , example here

Answer 4

If by not linked you mean not bound , yeah. Use ajax to fetch news on a specified interval and append them to your element at client-side. If you're not talking about binding, then you need a news source which could be:

1. An RSS feed
2. An XML document
3. A database
4. A flat text file
5. An Excel spreadsheet

and more sources, in which you have to someway write the code to fetch the information and update the UI. That's inevitable.