Npennington,

In the XSL file if you wrap the display settings in:
<xsl:if test="position() &lt; n"> where n is the number you want less than. So for example, my very simple feed that shows the first 5 items is:

Yes you can use an XSL stylesheet to modify the RSS output to the look/feel you want.

Here's a sample I just did on our site http://www.profitimo.com/ArticlesBlogs/tabid/53/Default.aspx (at the btm of the page).

To do this...

Newsfeed Module/Edit Module/

Under Newsfeed Stylesheet, click upload XSL file below...

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CREATE XLS file using Notepad and save it as "name.xsl"
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!-- Edited by Lee Sykes DNN Creative Magazine http://www.dnncreative.com -->
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="html" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:param name="TITLE"/>

<xsl:template match="rss">
  <!-- Do not show channel image -->
  <xsl:for-each select="channel/item">
  <xsl:if test="position() &lt; 5">
    <br>
 <!-- to open links in a new window, change target="_main" to target="_new" -->
    <strong><a style="color:#800000; text-decoration:none" href="{link}"  target="_main"><xsl:value-of select="title"/></a></strong><br></br>

    <!-- only display markup for description if it's present -->
    <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="yes" select="substring(description,0,300)"/>...

    </br>
    <br></br>
  </xsl:if>
  </xsl:for-each>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="description">
  <br>
    <xsl:value-of select="."/>
  </br>
</xsl:template>

</xsl:stylesheet>