News Ticker
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It would be great if someone created a news ticker for C5, I haven't managed to come across one yet and will need to come up with one for a new web project starting in a month or so.
Cheers in advance
Cheers in advance
Yes, like a javascript scroller. One that would read the page titles and descriptions of a PageList and display them sequentially, so as to give people a quick link to the actual news page. Something similar to the BBC website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/).
A generic jquery block would be the most extendable solution.
With a block like that, we could use this :
http://www.texotela.co.uk/code/jquery/newsticker/...
and it would be a piece of cake!
With a block like that, we could use this :
http://www.texotela.co.uk/code/jquery/newsticker/...
and it would be a piece of cake!
jQuery is already included in concrete5, it's what we use for everything.... so use the HTML block and enjoy..
alternatively, there is now a news ticker block we made in the marketplace. It's not free, but it does what it says it will easily.
alternatively, there is now a news ticker block we made in the marketplace. It's not free, but it does what it says it will easily.
This News Ticker idea has now been turned into a packaged block. You can get it here:
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/ticker...
http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/ticker...
I noticed the news ticker on the marketplace, but it requires 5.3 to run and the site we run is on 5.2. I know we could upgrade, but the potential problems with different character sets and stuff with the mySQL database will make it a much longer process and cost for the client. Is there a way that the news ticker on the marketplace could work in 5.2.0?
Maybe, there were some major changes to how blocks get packaged up in in 5.3.. it might work, but you'd have to get it in there by hand... you might just build something by hand...
more relevant... upgrading is painful, but good to do. ;)
more relevant... upgrading is painful, but good to do. ;)
like a javascript scroller that goes sideways? or up/down? where does the content for it live..
give more details, we've started something like this.