So far we parsed our feeds with the acts_as_feed Rails plugin but as long as you only want to show them to users, there is an easier alternative: Googles JS Feed API!

Result

rss feed through google rss api

(The Example uses jQuery)
Example

<script type="text/javascript" src='http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.1.js'></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src='http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=YOUR_API_KEY'></script><script>
google.load("feeds", "1");
$(function(){
  var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("http://rathershort.weblo.gg/rss.xml");
  feed.load(function(result) {
    if (result.error)return;
    $feed = $('#feed_entries');
    for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
      var entry = result.feed.entries[i];
      $feed.append(
        '<div class="home_container_item">'+
          '<h3><a href="'+entry.link+'">'+entry.title.truncate(25)+'</a></h3>'+
          '<div class="small_gray">'+entry.publishedDate.toDate().formatted()+'</div>'+
          '<div>'+entry.contentSnippet.truncate(60)+'</div>'+
          '<br>'+
        '</div>'
        );
      }
    });
  });

//DATE
Date.shortMonths = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'];
Date.prototype.formatted = function(){
  return this.getDate()+' '+Date.shortMonths[this.getMonth()]+' '+this.getFullYear();
};

//STRING
String.prototype.toDate = function(){
  var d = new Date();
  d.setTime(Date.parse(this));
  return d;
};

String.prototype.truncate = function(to_length){
  if(to_length >= this.length)return this;
  return this.substring(0, to_length-3)+'...';
};
</script>