Question if I may? I have it set up on the old style so I can test.

http://www.shatteredplanet.org/forum/index.php (change to default not disturbed)

The ticker is being cut off. Also, I am able to get forum news to show in the ticker but how do I set up and external source?

Edit: Nevermind, I got it. I didn't know the XML from inside the RSS folder had to be used.

The ticker has height adjustment options in the admincp (also, you can edit the template too).

Thanks davidw, it works great! One last question, for some reason on my one forum skin it seems to stutter a little when scrolling. Any idea why?

I've added it to my default skin so it should show up now going to our page.