Re: Free Code Snippet: DHTL News Ticker for WebDNA

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2003

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 47832
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texte = Gary,Awesome! Not only is this a great piece of useful code, but also throwing it out there benefits both the WebDNA community and platform at large.Have you made any progress on working past the Mac OS bugs w/ your online html editor. I believe that Nitai said his CMS incorporated such a thing that was usable by Macs.andyOn Sunday, Feb 16, 2003, at 21:33 America/Havana, Gary Krockover wrote:> Hey all,>> Nothing better to do on a Sunday, so I put this little gem together. > Demo> and file downloads available at > http://www.garykrockover.com/newsticker/ and> later on tonight at the various WebDNA sites that host these things.>> From my readme.txt file:> DHTML NEWS TICKER FOR WEBDNA version 1.0> By Gary J. Krockover> http://www.garykrockover.com/newsticker/index.html>> Information:> This code takes the basic styles for a news ticker that you would find > on> any javascript free scripts page and makes it customizable, easily. > This> is a perfect solution for web designer's that have clients wanting to > add a> news ticker to their site with the ability of the client to modify the> contents of news items without having to call you each time.>> Features include:> - Customizable size (width, height, margin, text padding), colors, font> style, font colors, transition effects, delay time, text alignment.> - Currently allows up to 6 news items, with rollover effects and > clickable> links, fully modifiable through a simple administrative backend done in> WebDNA.> - Actual files needed to run the ticker are a few very small databases > and a> simple [include] to place on each page that you wan't to show the > ticker on.>> Instructions:> Place all the files included in the .zip/.sit into the directory of > the site> that will be using the news ticker. Obviously, make sure that these > files> won't overwrite any existing files. You can also place these files in > a> sub-folder of the site, instructions for files needed to copy over are> provided on the last screen of the News Ticker admin.>> Access the admin area by going to admin.html. A preview of the News > Ticker> as it currently is set will be shown at the top. The first page of the> admin area is used to modify the look of the ticker itself, color, > size,> font, and style of ticker.>> The next screen of the admin area controls the News items themselves. > From> here you can select the title, the text of the news item, a link that > the> item should go to and a target for the link should you be using frames.>> As noted, a list of the files that will be needed to run the ticker on > the> site are provided in summary at the end of the administration session.>> Note: There is an option on the 2nd page of the admin area (where the > news> items and links are added) to append a cart tag to the link: > ?cart=[cart].> This will prevent you from having to manually edit the links. You > might> need to explain to a client what that means exactly. I chose to do it > this> way instead of just placing it in the link itself for a couple of > reasons.> 1. It's too easy to forget to add it in something like this. 2. > Clients> will certainly forget to add it. 3. If a client sees ?cart=[cart] in > the> link already, they may tend to remove that, not knowing what it is, or> forgetting to put it back when editing the link.>> Known Bugs:> 1. Selecting to align the Text Area Text (news item) any ways other > than> left causes the news items to not show. Not sure why at this time, > so> your only option is to align it to the left.>> 2. Transition effect Wipe causes a scripting error. Probably a> copy/paste issue when copying the styles. I'll update it at a later > time.>> Limitations:> Ticker won't transition in older browsers not capable of DHTML scripts.>> Comments/Questions?> Contact me at:> Gary J. Krockover> gary@garykrockover.com>> Disclaimer:> No reference to the original authors is given for the DHTML code. The> reason is two-fold. 1. It's hacked and pieced together from various> sources. 2. It's further been stripped and had custom WebDNA tags > added to> it. Therefore, in my mind, it's original. Contact me if you feel> otherwise.>> *****> Feel free to modify these files as needed. One request though, if you > add> some neat functionality to it, let me know what you did and be > prepared to> send copies of the files to me!> *****>> Check out my other WebDNA project:> http://www.garykrockover.com/editor/content_editor.html>> Enjoy!> GK>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Free Code Snippet: DHTL News Ticker for WebDNA (Gary Krockover 2003)
Re: Free Code Snippet: DHTL News Ticker for WebDNA (andy mowrey 2003)
Free Code Snippet: DHTL News Ticker for WebDNA (Gary Krockover 2003)

Gary,Awesome! Not only is this a great piece of useful code, but also throwing it out there benefits both the WebDNA community and platform at large.Have you made any progress on working past the Mac OS bugs w/ your online html editor. I believe that Nitai said his CMS incorporated such a thing that was usable by Macs.andyOn Sunday, Feb 16, 2003, at 21:33 America/Havana, Gary Krockover wrote:> Hey all,>> Nothing better to do on a Sunday, so I put this little gem together. > Demo> and file downloads available at > http://www.garykrockover.com/newsticker/ and> later on tonight at the various WebDNA sites that host these things.>> From my readme.txt file:> DHTML NEWS TICKER FOR WEBDNA version 1.0> By Gary J. Krockover> http://www.garykrockover.com/newsticker/index.html>> Information:> This code takes the basic styles for a news ticker that you would find > on> any javascript free scripts page and makes it customizable, easily. > This> is a perfect solution for web designer's that have clients wanting to > add a> news ticker to their site with the ability of the client to modify the> contents of news items without having to call you each time.>> Features include:> - Customizable size (width, height, margin, text padding), colors, font> style, font colors, transition effects, delay time, text alignment.> - Currently allows up to 6 news items, with rollover effects and > clickable> links, fully modifiable through a simple administrative backend done in> WebDNA.> - Actual files needed to run the ticker are a few very small databases > and a> simple [include] to place on each page that you wan't to show the > ticker on.>> Instructions:> Place all the files included in the .zip/.sit into the directory of > the site> that will be using the news ticker. Obviously, make sure that these > files> won't overwrite any existing files. You can also place these files in > a> sub-folder of the site, instructions for files needed to copy over are> provided on the last screen of the News Ticker admin.>> Access the admin area by going to admin.html. A preview of the News > Ticker> as it currently is set will be shown at the top. The first page of the> admin area is used to modify the look of the ticker itself, color, > size,> font, and style of ticker.>> The next screen of the admin area controls the News items themselves. > From> here you can select the title, the text of the news item, a link that > the> item should go to and a target for the link should you be using frames.>> As noted, a list of the files that will be needed to run the ticker on > the> site are provided in summary at the end of the administration session.>> Note: There is an option on the 2nd page of the admin area (where the > news> items and links are added) to append a cart tag to the link: > ?cart=[cart].> This will prevent you from having to manually edit the links. You > might> need to explain to a client what that means exactly. I chose to do it > this> way instead of just placing it in the link itself for a couple of > reasons.> 1. It's too easy to forget to add it in something like this. 2. > Clients> will certainly forget to add it. 3. If a client sees ?cart=[cart] in > the> link already, they may tend to remove that, not knowing what it is, or> forgetting to put it back when editing the link.>> Known Bugs:> 1. Selecting to align the Text Area Text (news item) any ways other > than> left causes the news items to not show. Not sure why at this time, > so> your only option is to align it to the left.>> 2. Transition effect Wipe causes a scripting error. Probably a> copy/paste issue when copying the styles. I'll update it at a later > time.>> Limitations:> Ticker won't transition in older browsers not capable of DHTML scripts.>> Comments/Questions?> Contact me at:> Gary J. Krockover> gary@garykrockover.com>> Disclaimer:> No reference to the original authors is given for the DHTML code. The> reason is two-fold. 1. It's hacked and pieced together from various> sources. 2. It's further been stripped and had custom WebDNA tags > added to> it. Therefore, in my mind, it's original. Contact me if you feel> otherwise.>> *****> Feel free to modify these files as needed. One request though, if you > add> some neat functionality to it, let me know what you did and be > prepared to> send copies of the files to me!> *****>> Check out my other WebDNA project:> http://www.garykrockover.com/editor/content_editor.html>> Enjoy!> GK>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/>-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ andy mowrey

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