First time using XML

[noblehouse]

We are going to be affiliating with a website that will send us live content and we will be using XML for this.

We've never used XML before and not sure how easy it is to use the code.

Is it a job that should be outsourced or is it reasonably basic to do, and something we could tackle ourselves?

Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.

[TravelSite]

If you have a php / asp developer then they should be able to learn xml by studying a few online tutorials (and asking questions here if need be).

Personally I use Php5 to integrate XML into my site, using Php5's new SimpleXML - which does make it easy (though most servers still use php4).

[macrost]

noblehouse,
Like travelsite mentioned any php/asp developer should be able to pick up the basics pretty quickly. However, if you need to do some complicated things with the xml feed, it might be worth your time to outsource and have the person/company that you use to also help train anyone on your staff for the future.