WordPress MU

I can get the RSS to show by using external sources, and pasting a code into my sidebar--but isn't there a way to do this internally? Example: Right sidebar on this page:
http://www.racedaynews.com/jhanna

If you want it in a page, you could create your own Page Template, paste in the code from the RSS widget, and then just create your own page using that Page Template.

I got this from the regular WP.org support forum,

"RSS is already built into wordpress, you don't necessarily need a plugin for it. Just use the MagpieRSS functions.

require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss-functions.php');<br />
$rss = fetch_rss($url);<br />
foreach ($rss->items as $item ) {<br />
echo "<a>".$item['title']."</a>";<br />
}

You can do a var_dump($rss->items) for testing, to see what information you have available to you in the feed."

along with
Q = "Are MagpieRSS functions built into WordPress?"
A = "Yep. Look in /wp-includes/rss-functions.php."

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I feel like an idiot as the above message flies over my head. I know I really need to learn more. But I don't get the var dump and what to do with the code...

This thread's interesting, would like to know more about RSS on a page too. :)

ergate, try it before with any luck on what you posted above?

I think what ergate means is you have to plunk that code right in a template - one that is unavailable to other users or they'd get it too. :)

Added this to a pagetemplate.
<?php
require_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/rss-functions.php');
$rss = fetch_rss($url);
foreach ($rss->items as $item ) {
echo "".$item['title']."<br>";
}
var_dump($rss->items);
?>

Got this error. :)

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/bizblogo/public_html/wpmu/wp-inst/wp-content/themes/businessworld/rss.php on line 13
NULL

Ops BBpress got it....but it's a smilar code to ergate's...